1920
Bill Carter, by vote of the class executive committee, is the 25th Reunion chairman for 1920. Bill "doesn't crave the job" (as who would?), but if the rest of us will back him, he will "undertake to do his best." And anybody, knowing Bill, could scarcely ask for more. What this adds* up to, obviously, is an official, peacetime, no-holds-barred, honest-to-God Reunion in Hanover next summer. Plans are getting under way and bulletins will be forth- coming. An officer of the College met with reunion-minded representatives of various classes in October—first at Boston, with Bun Harvey looking out for Twenty's interests, and then in New York, where Al Haas officiated for us. Al is going to whip up a class dinner at the New York Dartmouth Club in December, hoping to drag the boys in from a fifty to hundred mile radius, to start developing a full head of steam. Other localities please copy.
Twenty's white-haired Boy-of-the-Month is unquestionably Pat Tobin. Nothing he has said or written to another member of the class would give any notion of his swift climb up the civilian-service ladder, but the New York Times furnished some welcome details on November 2. It seems that Pat is holder of the Army's highest civilian award, the Emblem for Exceptional Civilian Service. He got it for his work in developing new types of Army footwear, for making the feet of WAC's and nurses comfortable, as well as watching out for the infantry. Until a short time ago Pat had charge of the Army's entire footwear procurement program. Now he has been appointed executive vice president of Shoes Associated, Inc., a merchandising .organization which will set up offices in New York. So Pat, who has spoken of himself as a "confirmed New Yorker," comes back at long last to Gotham.
Another civilian-servant of the war effort who has returned to his accustomed haunts is Art Pierce, now back as Superintendent of Schools in Wellesley, Mass. Art served for some time as an analyst with the Training Aids Division of the Army Air Forces. He chased around the country, hunting ways and means of making the educational training program more efficient, and in the process undoubtedly ran across or thought out many new devices that he can put to good use in the Wellesley school system.
Some of our wearers o£ the Tobin-perfected footgear are still wearing same, according to latest reports.'Take a pair of lieutenant colonels, for instance. Jack Mayer is in Austria, in charge of a battalion. Because he has enough points for discharge, he wasn't used with the occupation forces but he is in the still-wondering-when stage. Ban Bender remains a P.R.0.: that is, for your information, a Public Relations Officer in the Marine Corps. "One of the finest equipped photographic labs in the country," according to U. S. Camera, is maintained by the San Francisco photo section of the Marine Corps Public Information office, and Dan is in charge of it. He is assistant director of the San Francisco Public Information division. V. S. Camera prints his picture, looking young, lean and Marine-like, and for our look at this we are indebted to Bill Fuguet, one of '20's top-flight shutter-snappers.
Durland Van Orden—a lieutenant commander, as you will remember, is on a trans- port in the Pacific with near-future activities unpredictable, so his wife Alice reports. Mrs. Van's boy, aboard the U. S. S. New York, was of course back in home waters for Navy Day. Then there is indirect word from the widow of Dick Milne, who was himself wounded in World War I, and who would have been proud that his two sons, Richard and John, are still serving in the Merchant Marine and the Navy respectively. Major Bob Dow, whom we had en route to the Pacific a couple of issues back, never did get there. At last accounts he was brought up short in Colorado and was awaiting further orders from the Army. Air Intelligence.
Add two to the total of Twenty's military contingent definitely returned to civil life. Laddie Myers is one. He is back with W. A. Alexander & Co., 135 South La Salle St., Chicago; says, "It seems good to be on the job again after fiddling around doing nothing and really getting nowhere for a month or so." Number Two is former Lt. Comdr. Rus Keep. He is also back on his old job with Pacific Fire Insurance and other companies at 12 Gold St., New York 7, N. Y.
Roc Elliott has been taking something of a pasting from his political-minded classmates, mostly on the basis that a leading member of the City of Arlington's Finance Committee ought to be growing expert at dragging in the much-needed dough for the class treasury. Bill Sullivan, recently appointed clerk of a recess commission to revise laws dealing with municipal finance, wants the lowdown on this complex subject. "How about just repealing the present laws and letting it go at that?" asks Bill. Larry Lovejoy of Melrose sympathizes. He runs the assessors' office in the Melrose City Hall, but appreciates that his civil service post is kept pretty much free and clear of the whims that beset an elected official like Roc. Non-political news on Roc is that Navy Week brought his son, Pharmacist's Mate Richard, home on a 48-hour leave, and he looked good to the parents who hadn't seen him for a year.
Flash! (and we mean FLASH): Melita Merritt (10 pounds, 7 ounces) was born August 21,1945.
Pip Aitken and his 11-year-old Dartmouth- bound son Tom were spotted at the Dartmouth-Syracuse game. The pair of them had a chance to see another son of Twenty performing in his usual fine style. Bob Harvey was in there at tackle for just about the whole 60 minutes and it was noticeable that at least 75% the Syracuse plays were directed at the other side of the line. Our new representative in the student body, as of this fall, is Dean S. Worth, whose father Harry predicted accurately in the 25th Report that he'd get the boy safely to Hanover. There's another young Worth coming along too. Don Rogers writes that "the closest he can come to Dartmouth" is to send his daughter Joan to Smith, where she is getting along fine as a sophomore.
New place of business for Ferd Sabourin, who had been holding the fort for us all the way down in Texas:—Now he's Way Out West in Kansas, serving as division superintendent for Sunray Oil Corp., and located in Great Bend.
Here and now our itching fingers commence a series of personally conducted Cook's Tours through the offices of Twenty men, intended as a regular feature for future issues but never theless subject to abandonment without notice. We begin with Sherm Adams, Member of Congress.
Sherm's office is number 405 in the "old" House Office Building'. The elevator man will be especially glad to lug you up there because as anybody can see, Sherm ranks right up to ' in his estimation. So does he too, incidentally with the ladies who preside over the House restaurant. His office itself might more properly be termed a suite, because it's a commodi ous two-room job, comfortably furnished and exuding a completely democratic atmosphere The "d," be it noted, is a small one; Sherm is quite positively a member and upholder of the Republican party. His office, however, is wide open always to guests from all parties, whether from his own state of New Hampshire or from any other part of the globe. Sherm loves visitors; he can't do enough for them. They may use his telephone, take up his time, make general nuisances of themselves without in any way being allowed to feel themselves such.
There are some of the most beautiful New Hampshire pictures you ever saw, decorating the walls of the outer office, but in Sherm's more private premises Currier and Ives and other old prints just about cover up the wall space. Print collecting is Sherm's hobby to the extent almost of a passion. He has close to complete sets of the so-called "Presidential Prints,"—green-background ones and redbackground ones. But for fuller details and real depth of understanding of this complicated subject, fellow enthusiasts will have to make their own trips to Washington.
Sherm looks like a Congressman. In general he hasn't changed so much through twenty- five years, but he has the grey distinguished look. He talks quietly; listens awfully well. Seems interested, undoubtedly because he really is interested in all kinds of people. His boy Sam, nine, is an old hand around the office, popular with all the Congressmen up and down the hall. Jeanne, one of his three daughters, as might be expected, is songleader for her class and holds many other honors at Simmons. Mrs. (Rachel) Adams likes Washington, but is obviously relied upon by her husband to like anything he does and any place he goes.
Sherm may go back to New Hampshire. He has a second office, in Concord, and is now be ing openiy referred to as the next Republican candidate for Governor. Not long ago Life Magazine took a bunch of pictures of him, which Sherm says are not likely ever to be printed, but you might keep an eye out, just in case.
Next month—Carl Newton in the Terminal Tower.
Secretary, Blind Brook Lodge, Rye, N. Y.
Treasurer, 1 Windmill Lane, Arlington, Mass.
