1932
From this Turkish bath which appears on New Jersey maps under the name of Princeton, I turn from Plato, Wordsworth and company to this midsummer batch of notes, the last of this scholastic year, though with us the scholastic year is best symbolized by the serpent with the tail in the mouth who simply goes on and on. But among the ancient Persians, the serpent was a symbol of the good, and if it is good for the war effort for us to go on and on, we will go on and on with great pleasure, because professors like to talk and this gives them roughly three more months to talk in. One man's mede is another man's Persian, as the saw goes.
On a ten-day vacation in the Poconos which preceded the present term, whom should we see but and Margaret Marks, also briefly in the mountains on a vacation-trip between Ed's bouts with the WRA. Margie hasn't been too well lately, but is doing a valiant recuperating job. I was followed there by a postcard from Whip (now Lt. jg) Walser, which states that the Whipper is grinding along through a tough eight weeks' course of Navy stuff at the Hollywood Beach Hotel, Hollywood (fooled you), Florida. At time of writing, Whip was about halfway through. Said his "old carcass hadn't broken apart yet." A news release says that • Lt. Tom Wollaeger has recently been transferred from the Carlsbad Army Air Field (N. M.) to the AAF Materiel Command at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Likes it fine thar.
After months of diligent searching I have at last located the fugitive paper napkin on which I scrawled down the news Art Allen gave me at our meeting this spring. I note that Art particularly requested Jim Moore's address. But I do not have Jim's latest address, so will Jim please drop Art a card at 16 Pintard Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y., telling Art how to get in touch? Art is still at sea. This news from the napkin may be a trifle aged by now, but here it is: that Lt. Gordon Mackenzie was in the spring a gunnery officer at Miami. Also there were Lts. Ray Bartlett and John Davidson, while Lt. (jg) Handsome Al Boncutter was around that region at a sub-chaser training center, while Lt. Tom Curtis was ground officer for the Naval Air Forces at Key West. Ben Cowden writes from Hawaii that he is currently playing a dual role as sailor-teacher. Since Jan. 2 he has been stationed at Hawaii and in addition to standing his regular watches he has been teaching public school at Honolulu owing to a teacher shortage. Elsewhere on this page is a picture of Ben and some of his pupils, who are of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Hawaiian, and Portuguese extractions. His non-G.I. appearance, says Ben, is accounted for by the fact that these were taken on lei-day. Ben teaches the boys and girls history, and does a good job, too.
The second picture depicts Sey Rogers in front of his quarters in New Guinea, from which he has lately returned to take up new duties at Station Hospital, Camp Stewart, Ga. Prior to his return Sey had been commanding officer of a hospital ship platoon, and had made three transpacific trips to Australia, New Guinea, and the Hawaiian Islands, remaining at each place on detached duty in hospitals as surgeon. A total of 60,000 miles on the blue Pacific made Sey glad enough to be assigned back for U.S. duty. In all his time at sea and ashore Sey met only one Dartmouth —Howie Kaiser '35, gunnery officer on a mine-sweeper operating near Australia. For public notice, says Sey, is the fact that he changed his name several months ago to Rogers, adopting his stepfather's name. Wants to know if any 32's are in his neighborhood (Savannah), who would get in touch with Capt. Rogers.
A good note (with fundcheck) from Mike Cardozo tells that he left Washington on Jan. 15, 1943 and arrived in Ankara, Turkey, the following Feb. 10. There he stayed for a year and a quarter as Lend-Lease and later FEA representative at the American Embassy there. As. a contrast to his trip over, the trip back was right speedy. Left Cairo after breakfast on Saturday, June 3, 1944, and landed in New York the following Monday afternoon—a short week-end of flying in a beauteous C-54. Wonderful to longabsent Mike looked his wife Alice and his two kids (aet. 4 and 2), and also such non-Turkish phenomena as Crane plumbing, green trees, chocolate ice cream, and the Ameerican Girl. "I can never say" asserts Mike, "that I haven't had at least one of the interesting experiences of the war."
They tell me Bob Ryan has been elevated to stardom as a result of his performance in Tender Comrade, as leading man to Ginger Rogers. The picture as a whole was manhandled by most of the critics, but Ryan came off very well indeed. They tell me, too, that Rog Hofheins, amphibian car expert, has now invented a deluxe "Duck" with retractable wheels to reduce navigational drag. Howie Sergeant writes to say he and Sara are fine, and that John Clark has arrived safely in England, and has paid a visit to Kent, where the robots have been falling like autumn leaves in Vallambrosa. Hope John's visit was of short duration. I learn that Lt. (jg) Dick Holway will soon marry or has already married Miss Jane Morgan of South Duxbury. Dr. Holway (Ph.D. Mass State, '37) has been serving with the medics in the South Pacific area. I learn, also belatedly, that Attorney Frank McGuire, counsel for Actress Connie Bennett in her paternity suit against the Plant estate, joined up last April, and was shortly commissioned Lt. (sr. grade) in the USNR. And Charlie Ryan, who is a judge advocate, and has been stationed at Fort Benning, Ga. for the past two years, became a Captain this spring. Charlie started as a private at Camp Edwards in March, 1942. Congratulations. The many friends of Major Jim and Peg North will be sorry to hear that they lost their new baby last April. As one of those friends I want to speak the class's sorrow and to hope for them all possible consolation.
Chuck Maxwell has an entry in the 1932 Baby-Derby of which there has not been official notice. Small Elizabeth Lyon Maxwell will be one year old come August 5, 1944. Since last October Chuck has been Private Maxwell, but no sooner was he inducted than he developed an eye ailment (iritis) which caused him to be placed on enlisted reserve status until last May. Late in May he reported to Dix, thus ending seven months of army life "without uniform, pay, or allowances." Chuck promises to keep us posted on his singular military career.
Have at hand a long screed emanating from the pen of Major Bob Hosmer, detailing his experiences in England, much of which will have to wait for the next column this fall. The Major is getting along fine in England, and figures that what with shooting darts in the pubs, dining at the high table with the Dons of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and moving in what he describes as" other "proper social circles" in the upper stratum of British society, he is getting to know the English pretty well. Hope to quote Hoz's letter more in extenso later. Art Schlicter is now a Captain at Buckley Field, Colo., where he acts as station publications officer at the AAFTC installation. Lives with his wife at 1010 Sherman St. in Denver. Among recent service promotions not hitherto mentioned are Bob Ackerberg's Lt. jg; Gordon Lane's sg, Major John Brett's elevation from captaincy, and Milan Hulbert's Lieutenant. Colonelcy. Space requires closing now. Keep in touch before the leaves turn color.
SAILOR-TEACHER Ben Crowden '32 poses with students at a public high school in Honolulu. Aside from his regular duties with the U. S. Navy, Ben helps alleviate the teacher shortage by giving history courses.
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