Our Own Class Notes 19-
Secretary, COREY FORD Class Agent, COREY FORD
History—our own Class History, at any rate—was made recently in a smoke-filled hotel room in New York, when the entire membership of the class of 19— voted as one to elect a new member. The recipient of this precedent-shattering honor is Captain Briggs, Commanding Officer of the Naval Training Station at Dartmouth; and thus he beomes not only the outstanding freshman in the history of our class, but also the first. In addition, our class membership is doubled.
Captain Briggs' election, needless to say, was unanimous. Everyone in our class was present—Buggsy Ford got a special parole from the Alcoholic Ward to make the meeting, which he attended in the conventional straight jacket, and Corey the Louse dropped in for a moment on his way through town to face a rape charge in Pennsylvania—and the nominating committee submitted the Captain's name to the assembly. Butch Ford objected that our class membership heretofore has been confined exclusively to the Army Air Forces; but it was pointed out that the presence of a Navy Captain would go far to demonstrate the cooperation and good will existing between the two branches of the armed services, as well as help pay our class dues, and Butch's objection was thrown out, closely followed by Butch. Following his sweeping election, Captain Briggs' name was inscribed on the fly leaf of a book (furnished by Sid Hayward)* and the meeting adjourned to partake of suitable refreshments as a result of which our class woke up two days later in a different hotel, wearing two left shoes and our coat buttoned up on the wrong buttons.
As a matter of fact, our latest reunion was in the nature of a farewell party, since our class plans to leave shortly for service in foreign climes. At least, we'll try to hold 19— reunions now and then, whenever we run into other Hanoverians around this spinning globe, and report them in these columns. Meantime, we are confident that Freshman Briggs will carry on the unique traditions of the fastest-growing class in Dartmouth history.
* (Editor's Note: "Shortcut to Tokyo" by Corey Ford (Scribners: $1.75). Advt.S. C. H.)
