1912

This month we have the opportunity of catching up with the career of Charley Powers. He seems to be a much-degreed classmate. Furthermore, it is suggested that the next time you have to wrestle with Form 1040 go to Charley for expert assistance. Here is his life story from the Springfield (Mass.) Shopping News:

"The speaker on the sixth of the American International College series on Wednesday evening 6:30 broadcasts over WSPR will be Dr. Charles T. Powers, director of the school of business administration. His subject will be 'Some Phases of War Time Taxation.'

"Dr. Powers received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College, the degree of Bachelor of Commercial Law from Northeastern University, and the Master of Arts degree from Columbia University. He received an honorary school administrator's diploma from Columbia University in 1932, and in 1933 he was awarded an honorary doctor's degree by the American International College in recognition of his work in connection with the development of the school of business administration.

"Dr. Powers was head of the business department of the Randolph, Vt. High School, and later went to the High School of Commerce, in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was an instructor in accounting and business law for nine years. He was also an accounting instructor at Northeastern University for five years. In 1942, he came to the American International College as director of the school of business administration.

"Dr. Powers is president of the Buckingham Parent-Teachers Association, and a past director of the Springfield Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants. For the past five years, he has conducted a large class in income taxation, composed of business men and women of Springfield. His students have attained proficiency in making out complicated income tax returns."

And speaking of degrees, I will stick my neck out by pointing out some classmates (other than lawyers and physicians) who have been the recipients of such scholastic honors. "Who's Who in America" lists four members of the Class that I know of—Bishop Brown, Roy Defferrari, Doc O'Connor and Johnson O'Connor. The listing shows that Roy received M.A. and Ph. D. degrees from Princeton. Doc has honorary LI. D. degrees from two institutions. Johnson O'Connor received both his A.B. and A.M. from Harvard. Now you can start throwing rocks, telling me of others I have forgotten—maybe that will bring some newsy letters.

As Treasurer of the United Life and Accident Co. of Concord, N. H., Bob Fletcher sends a copy of the annual financial statement of the company which shows that Bob must be doing a bang-up job for that husky, thriving insurance company.

While in Washington recently in connection with the war production of his company, C. G. Conn, Ltd., Al Smith had dinner with Lt. Col. Dick Plumer.

With travelling conditions such as they are, Doc O'Connor certainly takes a beating as head of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. He recently made a five-weeks' trip through nine states in the south, addressing meetings and making radio speeches in twenty-three key cities—mostly one-night hops. At Tampa, Florida, he got together for lunch with Abe Lincoln from Tarpon Springs and Norton Webber from Tampa.

A word for the Alumni Fund and Boss Geller. For the fund, nothing need be said—for Boss, enough cannot be said. He is an outstanding Class Agent who has made such a fine record for the Class because he is the type of individual in his community who is called upon to do the work of every community activity—county chairman of war bond campaign, regional director of Boy Scouts, Red Cross chairman, etc., etc.—besides running his own manufacturing business that has been adversely affected by the war. Hats off to Boss. All can help him by prompt responses. Many of the Class can also earn kudos —of remaining or becoming a "Regular"— ten consecutive donations to the Alumni Fund gain that title. Several classmates can add their names to that group this year who have nine consecutive gifts to their credit. Let's all make this year even better for Boss.

Sons and Daughters .... Pike Childs's son John is with the Seabees at Pearl Harbor and Husky De Merritt has been asked to look him up. Pike and his wi£e are happy to have David home again after nine months in the sanitarium Sam Hobbs's daughter, Mary Lou, was married to Lt. Malcolm H. Moore, of Sewickley, Pa., on February 13 and living near Camp McQuaide, Watsonville, California, where the groom is stationed.

Syd Ickes recently received a letter from an acquaintance who is in the South Pacific, saying "You sure get around." It seems that they have few mail order catalogues in that area so the lad picked up a piece of paper that was too hard-surfaced to suit. Glancing at it, he was astonished to see Syd's picture in the group that was taken at Doc O'Connor's party in Los Angeles and appeared in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE several months ago. Write your own title.

Fordham Russell has resigned as General Sales Manager with the H. H. Robertson Company in Pittsburgh and has gone back to his old company in Cleveland—Fuller, Smith & Ross Company.

Acting Secretary, 120 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Acting Treasurer, Court House, Dedham, Mass.