1931

This is one of those lean months for the column, and although my secretary suggests that we could take up some of the space with a good bedtime story, or write some poetry, somehow I don't have the feeling that anything we could turn out along these lines would meet entirely with your approval.

We have heard very little about what's happening to the gang in the last thirty days other than the recent promotion of Hal Andres from lieutenant to lieutenant commander in the Navy. Most of the rest are changes of address, with Major Went Eldredge returning from overseas and now being with the Joint Security Control, U. S. Joint Chief of Staff, 28656 Pentagon Building, in Washington. George Hawkins now at Fairfield Ave., in Wayzata, Minn.; Hal Lane at Amherst, where he is an instructor in physics and mathematics; Ned Rosen at 137 Mercer St. in Jersey City, doing what I don't know. Ned was formerly with the Republic Aviation. And Shep Wolff's address in Boston at 110 Arlington St., where he is sales manager for the Bryant Heater Company.

John Peacock has made a change and is now with the Hanson-Bennett Magazine Agency in Chicago, after having been with Moore-Cottrell Subscription Agencies for fourteen years. Bob Dilley here in New York for Fry-Lawson has finally gotten himself and his family set in their new home in Darien, much to the relief of all of them. I think in the three months that they have been east they have lived in at least four different places, which is quite a job when you've got a family to move around with you. We have also just heard that Forsha Russell, who was formerly here with Standard Brands, has just returned to Kansas City and can be reached at the New York Life Building, Kansas City, Mo. Forsha has returned to help his dad in the family business.

We had a letter from Bill Geiger and among other things he mentioned the fact that class dues have not been coming in any too promptly, that over 50% of the men in service have paid their dues, while a bare 60% of the civilian members of the class have paid theirs. One of the things which has always made me feel a little inadequate has been some of the nice comments which have been made by the fellows in service as to what the ALUMNI MAGAZINE and the thoughts of Dartmouth have meant to them. Many of these men only received the ALUMNI MAGAZINE because we as a class are in the 100% subscription group. However, it's like everything else, the plan will work only so long as the class as a group supports it, and it seems to me that our civilian group has fallen a little short on this particular angle during the last year or so. If any of you haven't already sent Bill your check how about sitting down and doing it today? You won't get a bottle of hair tonic that will make all the women love you, or a box of soap powder that will clean your socks without scrubbing, but you will get a personal satisfaction out of doing one of the little jobs you were probably going to do but hadn't gotten around to doing. Amen.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR RECEIVING A BRONZE STAR MEDAL go to Lt. Col. William S. Hayden '31 from Col. J. M. McCulloch, commanding officer of the Bth Air Force Service Command.

Secretary, 224 Beverly Rd., Scarsdale, New York Treasurer, 400 W. Madison St., Chicago, HI.