1926

The war is over, thank God, but service news still rolls in like the tide. Recent promotions have been many, which goes to show that the boys are still in there pitching. In army circles Gail Borden is now Lt. Col. Borden; Ralph Drews, Dean Chamberlain, Al Rice, George Tully and Holt McAloney all are majors; Ed Hanlon a captain. In the Navy, Bob Stopford has been elevated to the status of full commander and Henry Blake, Dick Maloney, George Avery and Frank Bailey are lieutenant commanders.

Some are going up in rank and some are coming out of service. Carl Schipper has finished his navy days and is back in Newtonville although confidential reports indicate that there may be some difficulty in tapering him off to renew life as a staid Boston lawyer. Another to leave the Navy is Ritchie Smith, who has departed the Washington scene to settle down at 8 Santa Lucia Rd., Orinda, Calif. Courtney Brown, another ex-Washingtonian, has resigned from the State Department and has enjoyed a quiet summer in Norwich.

At the Dartmouth Club recently, Carl Allen, Sid Hay ward, and I had the pleasure of dining with Major Ed Fowler who is on terminal leave and once again busy with his New York medical practice. Major Tom Colt was released by the Marine Corps in September and is back in Richmond at his old post of director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Tom saw plenty of action with Marine air fighters—the Marshals, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Ie Shima, among others. During his last thirty days of service, his squadrons shot down seventy-two Jap planes.

Clarence McDavitt, as executive officer of Ae Navy's big carrier, the John Hancock, is another who saw plenty of action before returning to civilian pursuits. Mac has resumed [he presidency of the Somerville National fenk, Somerville, Mass.

Thanks to Florence Wilkin! and assists from Carl Schipper and Bob Salinger, we now can present the accompanying picture of the official opening of Bill's bank in Guam. Bill of course was formerly vice president of the National Savings and Trust Cos., Washington, D. C., and hence well prepared to assume his new and unique responsibilities.

In the more prosaic world of civilian activities, too, there is much to report. Paul Kyburg, after three and one-half years with the Farrel-Birmingham Cos. in Ansonia, Conn., has accepted the post of assistant general manager of the Arthur H. DuGrenier Cos. in Haverhill, Mass. Paul and Harriet have purchased a home in Andover. Dick Husband has been honored with the chairmanship of the psychology department of Beloit College, Beloit, Wise. After ten years as professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Dick devoted the past four years to industrial relations in the steel mills of Pittsburgh. Red Merrill is one of four sociologists in the country to be chosen by the Social Science Research Council to make a study of the. impact of World War II upon social problems in the United States.

Bob Riotte and Francena Carpenter Walwyn were married in East Orange, N. J., the fifth of last July. They are living in East Orange where Bob will continue his music. The Jacobus and Clearys can testify to the enjoyment of Bob's concert work. From farmer Bill Barclay comes word that he is up to his elbows in the cranberry bogs, up Chatham way on Cape Cod. Bob Carr has forsaken Oxford, N. H., for the life of an insurance man with the Aetna Life Insurance Cos., in New Haven. Rollie Eaton is managing the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond, Va.

We all welcome John Dickey to his new and vital post. He can rely upon the unswerving support of every man in the class of 1926. Speaking of a luncheon in Washington for the new president, at which Maury Storrer, Clyde Hall, Hub Harwood, Bob Stopford and Paul Allen were present, Paul writes:

John did speak of the "Dartmouth Spirit," whatever it might be, and the fact that, judging by letters received by him from people having no connection with the College, as well as from Alumni, it is a very real and important thing to them, and, of course, to the College. As he said, the burden of the letters was wishing the best for the College, no matter what might happen, and he did give every indication that it would be his purpose to secure those things for it. It was all very simple, but his modesty and dignity caused it to be anything but that, and evoked a most hearty approval from everyone who heard it. There Can be no doubt that a very able man has been very wisely selected.

It is saddening to realize that Mr. Hopkins no longer will be at the helm, but after longyears of faithful and exceptionally constructive service to the College, he richly deserves a respite. We can only be grateful to him for what he has done for Dartmouth.

Dick Mandel is out of service and back on the job as chairman of the Class 'of 1926 Memorial Fund for our 25th Reunion Gift to the College. Dick reports that we have made a good start and that now is the time for each of us to plan to contribute toward Dartmouth's endowment. If you or your company sends in Victory Bonds, series F or G (which may be held by corporations) and not series E should be used for gifts to the College. Bonds must be registered as follows: "Trustees of Dartmouth College, a Corporation, Hanover, N. H." All gifts, advices of bequests or insurance policies in favor of the College should be sent to Richard H. Mandel, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. Consider your income tax bracket and act accordingly. Look for a detailed report on our Memorial Fund in the next issue.

THE BANK OF GUAM REOPENS FOR BUSINESS HEADED BY A DARTMOUTH GRAD. Lt. Comdr. Bill Willard '26, USNR, manager and cashier, (center) receives the key to the bank from Maj. Gen. Henry L. Larsen, USMC, the island commander, (left) at the formal ceremony of the bank's opening.

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