1914
We have just heard that the Admissions Office has received several hundred applications for entrance into Dartmouth this coming fall. Think of this well, for it is full of meaning. Several hundred boys and their parents want Dartmouth to be kept alive and healthy for their personal attendance, even though their stay may be short. Honestly, we think this is a mighty strong argument for the Alumni Fund, which this year more than ever will make possible a bulwark "lest the old traditions fail." Mart Remsen, Class Agent, Hanover, N. H. 1914 will do its share. Please send yours soon!
The Portland Press-Herald carried a splendid picture recently of Capt. Arthur H. Dearing, U. S. Navy, together with a "now it can be told story." Art was cited by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, for meritorious conduct in connection with the Solomon Islands campaign. The citation commends Capt. Dearing "for service as force and area medical officer in organizing the Medical Department of the South Pacific in such a manner that during the Solomon Islands Campaign, evacuation of wounded and sick was carried out most efficiently. His tireless devotion to duty which set an inspiring example to all who served with him, enabling the wounded to receive proper medical attention with a minimum of delay, contributed greatly to the success of the campaign."
This is not Art's first decoration, for in 1930 he received the Presidential Medal for Merit in connection with outstanding work on tropical diseases in Nicaragua.
Arthur's parents reside in So. Portland, Me., while his wife and three children await his return in Vallejo, Cal.
We are all very proud of you, Captain. Keep fit yourself and good luck continue.
While in Chicago recently for an Ordnance Group Meeting, we met Alan Tulsey from Omaha, who in his district is doing work similar to ours. Al regrets his inability to persuade the medicos that he is as fit as in 1917, so he too carries on with directives and such, even to the fourteenth indorsement. Al regrets his 1914 contacts and vehemently charged us to give his best regards to all his friends, which includes the whole class as we remember Tuke.
Jack Conners writes of a grand class party in connection with the Dartmouth dinner in New York. In fact, 1914 had 20 men present which won the attendance award. Among those seen and heard were: Beals, Davidson, Kalendarian, Larmon, Bowman, Little, McCullough, Cook, Wheelock, Von Lenz, Ken Fuller, Hopkins, Blackburn, Gus Fuller, Daley, Olson, Conners, Pritchard, Humphrey, Fahey.
Jack adds, "Geoff Beals grey as a coat, Fred Davidson natural, Howard Bowman with a dandy pod, Lay Little just as you would expect him, Jack McCullough just the same, Doc Cook would pass for 35, Lize Wheelock looked grand (think we'd better censor Jack's other remarks about our chaplain, commendatory though they were), Cap Blackburn suffers from a physical handicap as a result of an explosion while he was serving in the Navy. In fact, Jack's opinion is that the New York crowd are weathering the years "damn well."
Capt. Horace Borden USAAF writes from Big Spring, Texas, that Horace Jr. has been graduated from the Advanced Flying School and that the Commanding officer gave Dad the rare privilege of pinning on son's wings. Are there any other father and son pilot teams in the class? Please write. They should be recorded.
A cherry note from our chaplain Arthur Wheelock, enclosing a copy of his Easter Sunday Order of Service. A "lovely" piece of printing, Lize, and most inspiring, too, we feel sure.
Dick Pritchard in town today. Not a grey hair but did have to don spectacles to scan the menu. Managing the Stanley tool works, even with Jack Comer's help, is a job enough, yet Dick finds time for directorships in banks and other interests—not to mention his many years' service on the Alumni Council. Dick's boy is starting on a new course in Naval Aviation at New York University.
Through a mutual firm, we hear from Howard Curtis, banker in our neighboring town of Palmer. Howard, we learn, looks "young and chipper and like 30." Come down to the county seat some day, and you and Jim and I will have a beer at the Century Cafe.
Secretary, 231 Belmont Ave., Springfield, Mass. Class Agent Etna, N. H.
