1916

Johnny Pelletier visited Hanover with his son last week tor a couple days to check up on local weather conditions and such. We decided that there is already a sort of hopeful whine to the wind up this way these days which might mean almost anything incredible such as the end of the war or the advent of spring. J. Gile and I found Johnny all right, as he always was, and his son ditto. Ed Kirkland just left us here in Hanover to carry on at Cambridge his writing of another book. He is on leave of absence from Bowdoin for the present term and has wisely chosen to spend most of his leave in our midst (let's not discuss his wisdom in moving to Cambridge). Young Ed Kirkland '46 is in the Infantry with the 7th Army, last reported in Alsace.

And speaking of things over there .... I have just now received a Christmas card from Lt. Col. John Ames, sent from the Hdqs. of the Army Group and adorned with a lithograph of the cathedral of St. Lo, obviously the worse for wear, but still sublime. Another communique from France or rather Luxembourg—is in the form of what our British allies call a "newspaper cutting" (they mean clipping); it tells of a "profile" of Major Gen. Willard S. Paul written by the Public Relations Officer of the 26th Inf. Div., Gen. Paul commanding, for publication in TheYD Grape Vine. Copy for this article carried the information that the general's stature was five feet and seven inches, but Stew changed it to read five feet SIX inches, thus revealing that Stew won't take an inch that doesn't belong to him, although quite ready to take any number of 'em belonging to his Boche opponents.

And 1916 operates in the Pacific theateralso. Just for instance: Fred Bailey's daughterPriscilla who is with the Red Cross and stationed in Hawaii writes to her father as follows:

Saturday noon I represented you at a Dartmouth Alumni luncheon at the Pacific Club in town. Met a graduate of the College a few weeks ago and he thought it would be nice if I attended one of the luncheons which are held once a month. Being the only representative of the class of 1916 and also the only woman, I was quite the guest of honor, sitting at the head of the table. We had a nice dinner, then toasted every class, and Judge McLaughlin read a very fine letter written to Dartmouth men in service by President Hopkins. They were very sincere in inviting me to come to the next luncheon. I really feel that Dartmouth is the only college that has such a close feeling among its men.

Now, that's what I call a superlative letter, a sensible girl, and a swell time. Makes me feel good; go to more luncheons, Priscilla, have fun, and tell us home folks about all of it, please.

And so it goes "around the girdled earth," with 1916 and 1916's sons and daughters well in the lead—where they belong. "Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Joseph Jardine request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Marion Aleen, to George Henry McGregor, Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, on Saturday, the tenth of February, at Saint Andrew's Church, Wellesley, Massachusetts." Our warmest congratulations to Estelle, Alec, and to Lt. George and Marion.

"Howard W. Renfrew wishes to announce the re-opening of his shop for diamonds, watches, and jewelry at no Tremont St., Boston." Howard has recently returned from service with the Navy and rates our most emphatic good wishes as always. Your acting secretary's esteemed colleague, Prof. Al Foley '20, reports from Havana that he has had the pleasure of bringing Charlie Durgin of the First National Bank of that city up to date on Hanover capers, didos, and actions. Fred Bailey says he met Max Spelke in Washington and that Max looks younger than evermax Max always did, you know. Fred spent a night at the home of Jess and Sally Fenno, in New Alexandria.

Plenty more news, but no more space. Anyway, you must listen to Judge Phillips' recent letter:

I'm using my time getting old and trying to stay on the airy side of two hundred pounds. By the time a man is fifty, he is either news and you don't want to ask him about himself or he is not news and an inquiry is superfluous. . ... I work for the National Service Life Division of the Veterans' Administration in New York By the way, I have been tinkering around with Roman numerals, trying to do long division and square root with them, and think that their possibilities are greater than one would gather from the general contempt with which they are usually spoken of (what a hell of a way to end a sentence).

Bad way to end a sentence, maybe, but pretty good way to end this column, Judge. I'll bet a pickle that you and I are the only '16ers who can still do square root with ANY darn numerals. Did I ever show you the slide-rule I whittled me out last fall? She works by Roman numerals, too, but has a little mite of a motor on her to do the sliding. Come on up and see it. Only trouble is the dumbed old Ration Board plumb refuses to give me an A card to run it. I'm figuring on hitching a sorta little tooter on the pesky thing come spring, just to tell me when I get the right answer Oh, well.

Changes of address: Charles S. Cressy, 215 West 18th St., N. Y. 11; George Dock Jr., Fuller, Smith & Ross, Inc., 71 Vanderbilt Ave., N. Y. 17; Herbert Lord, Apt. 511, 14 Buswell St., Boston, Mass.; Cecil W. Tucker, 207 West 3rd St., Roswell, N. M.; Prentice Winchell, 5017 Ambrose Ave., Los Angeles 27, Calif.

Secretary, 2542 Stratford Rd., Cleveland Hgts., Ohio Acting Secretary, 3 Downing Rd., Hanover, N. H. Treasurer, 34 White Oak Road Wellesley Hills, Mass.