1919
The Class Gift for our 25th was $25,000 plus. Alumni Fund support was good and 1945 should prove excellent. Spider reached high and made it, because he knows what Dartmouth means to each of us who read these notes.
The 25th Reunion News from Washington, D. C., via King Cole, information officer, Internal Revenue Bureau, really lives up to King's title:—
I looked in vain in the last issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE to see if anyone had given you a report of the 25 th Reunion Luncheon, which seven members of the best class ever graduated from Dartmouth held at the Hotel Annapolis the same day that the big gang met outside of New York.
Following a reminder from Major Fred A. Blanpied, Ordnance, Pentagon, I made a telephone canvass of the 1919 men in the city, as the ones who were supposed to do the job had not been heard from. Col. William A. Eddy, Marine Corps, who has been appointed and confirmed as special envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary to Saudi Arabia, was out of the country.
R. C. "Dutch" Brummer had returned to Portland, Oregon, and there was no trace of David S. Green at State Dept. Richard L. Strout was in England for the Christian Science Monitor and wouldn't be back till winter. Charles L. Warner was on a six months' business trip through Kentucky and other states for Reynolds Metal.
At the last minute Lt. Col. Robert L. Proctor, Hq., AAF, Pentagon, and Dr. H. M. Chadwell, National Defense Research Committee, had to fill other engagements and couldn't make the luncheon.
So it narrowed down to seven of us to uphold the honor of 1919 at the 25th Reunion Luncheon here. In the group were Lt. Col. John M. Murray, Medical Corps, Office of the Air Surgeon, AAF, Pentagon; Lt. Col. C.'M. Sears Jr.; Comdr. Ralph S. Hayes of the Navy; Dr. Harwood L. Childs of OWI; Robert H. Roland of Chicago and this city; Blanpied and myself.
Because of the many wartime demands on the men, the meeting was short, but most interesting, resulting in numerous reminiscences of days in Hanover and what has happened since leaving the College.
From North Adams, under a July date, comes news of an almost serious result when Bill Cunningham with Boston's Mayor Tobin were thrown from a moving train and rescued from rolling under the wheels by some of those who came out to greet them.
From Davidson, N. C., comes a report that Goldy, Dr. A. V. Goldiere, Professor of French, was granted a year leave of absence to serve as teacher of French at Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Va.
Staff Sergeant Scott Warden received a special citation from the President upon hisreturn to England from Russia, on his seven-teenth mission as ball turret gunner. Scott isthe son of Alex Warden of Great Falls, Montana.
Boston 'lgers celebrated in Hanover overthe weekend of June 25, and President JimDavis informs us as follows:
The Boston crowd which went to Hanover in lieu of a reunion was made up of Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Bevan, Lt. and Mrs. L. W. Munro, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Bird, Mr. and Mrs. Alden Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. George Bingham, Dr. and Mrs. W. A. White, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Flemming, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hayes, Elmer Pilsbury, and Charlie Biddle. To this group the following added themselves in Hanover: Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Norton, Prof, and Mrs. R. R. Larmon, Mr. and Mrs. _W. H. McCarter, Prof, and Mrs. John R. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Del Ames, Col. and Mrs. Bill Eddy, and Adele Ives.
It rained most of the time we were there but that was, in a sense, good; for we had time to sit and talk to each other. Friday evening we had an extremely informal dance in the Hostess House (nee C and G House). Saturday a.m. we breakfasted on trout which Munro either caught or bought the week before we met. Saturday night we had a buffet supper (with champagne) at which we were joined by Dr. and Mrs. John Gile, Dean and Mrs. Neidlinger, Prof, and Mrs. Francis Neef, Major Haviland, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Remsen, '4l, and Peggy Sayre. It was a good gang, a good time.
F. Garland Tucker, "Tuck," writes from Portsmouth, N. H., and adds his son, Staff Sgt. Robert G. Tucker USMC to the roster of Sons in Service. Bob is out looking over the islands in the Pacific.
George Rand is still out in Pacific Islands watching his Fighter Squadron draw its part of the net ever closer around Tokyo. George makes it clear that war with Japan is no pleasure jaunt and may last a long time.
Bud Welch, a prominent figure in New Jersey saving banks circles was in New York and lunched with Batch at the Dartmouth Club. Bud has a son in the Army, stationed at Fort Bragg.
Red Washburn and family surprised Tracy Kohl, no end, at a lake resort in Minnesota, but let Trace tell it:
For years you patiently solicited news from the . class out here and nothing seemed to happen, and I never was able to develop any news for you. Well, something happened.
The first week in July, Edna (Mrs. Kohl) and I were at Camp Idlewild, in Northern Minnesota, for a week of fishing and resting. The second night we are there, a good looking, genial family comes in the opposite side of the Lodge dining room and the more I stare the more I am sure it is that one-time tennis wizard, Red Washburn—as rugged looking as ever.
It proved to be. And we had a lot of fun fishing and bulling. Red has a beautiful daughter about to become a young lady and about a tweive-year-old son that is 100 per cent American boy and a perfect little gentleman with it all. You see, in the business I am in I quickly discern between "brats" and children.
A great job you fellows did on the class to produce that splendid gift. Congratulations.
I'm sorry Spider didn't try to pull a few of the local 1919 group together when he was here for the convention. His presence could have done it and some of his spark might energize us a little.
LAURENCE E. EASTMAN '19, Commander, USNR, is serving as ship executive officer.
Secretary, 103 Aviemore Drive New Rochelle, N. Y. Treasurer, Hanover, N. H.
