1921
The men of 1921 continue to join the armed forces of our country. Jim Wicker writes from San Francisco that since graduation he "has formed the habit of changing positions every 10 years. Ten years with W. T. Grant Cos., 10 years with Montgomery Ward & Cos., and now a connection with the largest business in the world, the United States Navy." The connection turns out to be a lieutenancy in the USNR, with assignment to the Navy Purchasing Dept. in 'Frisco. Simultaneously comes word from the Records Office in Hanover that Jim has changed his mail address from Newton, Kan., to 813 1/2 South Broadway, Pittsburg, Kansas, so it is assumed that Pittsburg is the holding-forth place of the Wicker menage.
Bob Mac Donald, our new Assistant and Acting Treasurer, writes from the Windy City that Raphael Murray has received his commission as a lieut. in the Navy and i-s at Quonset Point, R.I....An interesting and completely informative letter received late in March from Jack Garfein, formerly of Daly City, Calif., but now "back in college" at the A. & M. College of Texas (Naval Training School) in College Station, Tex. Classified as a radio technician 2/c USNR, Jack confesses he likes it. "There is only one main difference," says he; "I have to study longer and attend classes from 8-12 and 1-5." .... Mrs. Newell C. Smith is authority for the statement that Capt. "Smitty" Smith is stationed at the Army Air Base, Clovis, N. M. The last time we heard from Smitty direct, he was about to undergo indoctrination of some sort at Princeton.
Our vote for Number-One-Wife-of-the-Month goes to Constance (Mrs. Comdr.Benjamin) Tenney, who writes a swell letter from Long Beach, Calif. Answering a missive from this corner, Constance explains the whole situation neatly: "Long Beach is just the missus and kids and business and dunning address. To add to complications, Ben has been transferred from the 'Argonne' to a hospital ashore. So his address now for personal letters is Comdr. B. Tenney, U.S.N. 606, Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif." Having forwarded our communication to Ben, Connie volunteers to "take him to task" if it develops, when he returns to Long Beach in June, that he hasn't written to your reporter.
Bill Miller, the Hegeman-Harris flash, has moved his Manhattan office to 331 Madison Avenue The New Yorker for April 3 undertakes to recommend a Victor recording (No. 11-8311) of Werner Janssen's entitled Symphonie Moderne, composed by Max Steiner "and poured forth efficiently by the Janssen Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles, Werner Janssen in charge." This item was gleaned in the course of a train ride to Washington April 4 from New York, where Rog Wilde, Bill Codding, and your correspondent represented Dartmouth's Grandest Class at the annual meeting of class officers, held for the first time in history in Manhattan. C'est la guerre. Bill was proxying for Ned Price as Class Agent, Ned being tied down to his legal business in Chicago, and proved to be an A-1 proxy. Corey (Butch) Ford, adopted member of our clan, but in reality Secretary of the Class of blankety-blank, was elected to the Advisory Board of the MAGAZINE. Absence from the city prevented Corey's being present to acknowledge the honor in person.
Speaking of Ned Price reminds us to say a word or two in behalf of the Alumni Fund. It must be apparent to every Dartmouth man that this is the year, of all years, to come to the aid of the College. Ned is the 1921 designee to receive your offering. How about giving him a break by writing him today—not tomorrow. His address is at the top of these Notes.
Ralph Pendleton has pulled up stakes in Boston and joined Grinnell Company, Providence, R. 1., as Safety Director. TheBoston Herald on February 5 told of a reception (attended by 200) tendered Ralph the previous evening by his associates and others interested in the work of the Massachusetts Safety Council, with which Ralph has been connected for 17 years as Asst. Gen. Mgr.
Now for the annual alumni dinners around the map. Boston produced a small but snazzy turnout of '21ers: Russ Bailey, Bill Fowler, Bill Perry, Dan Ruggles, with the latter reporting two news items. Bill Fowler is about to publish a second volume of verse; Dan Ruggles' oldest son, Dan III '46, left Hanover after the mid-winter term and is now in the AAC at Camp Haan, about 50 miles from LosAngeles Herrick Brown, reporting for New York, says there were 15 men from our class at the oldsters' section of this year's double-header Dartmouth dinner: Howie Anger, Bill Barber, Herrick Brown, Harry Chamberlaine, Cliff Hart, Bord Helmer, Tray Higgins, Bob Loeb, Bill Owen, Dan Patch, Gus Perkins, Dave Plume, Hoy Schulting, Doug Storer, Bill Terry.
Seen at the Washington annual meeting (which this year took the form of a smoker) Val Grundman, Howie Heath, Mac Johnson, Red Kerlin, Dana Lamb, Art Ross, Nels Smith, Charley Stickney, Rog Wilde Jumping westward to Chicago, we pick up the voice of Ned Price reporting on that annual affair: on deck from'21 were Bill Embree, Dick Hart, Al Laffey, Ned Price, Ken Thomas, the latter stepping out as president of the Chicago Alumni Association There's the name of that man Price again. How about giving him a big hand (the one you write checks with)?
Secretary, 201 W. Montgomery Ave., Rockville, Md. Class Agent. 905 First National Bank Bldg., Chicago, Ill.
