49 in '49
FORTY-NINE '49ERS, vanguard of the new freshman class, began their first term at the College on March 5. The remainder of the class, which may total 250, will arrive in July.
The freshmen, 18 more than registered last year in March, are enjoying a revival of one of the customs of normal freshman life by eating together in a miniature Freshman Commons in Thayer Hall.
Sixteen states are represented in the entering group of men, with New York supplying the largest number, 16. Massachusetts and Connecticut are next with five each. Seven freshmen are natives of the middle western states of Illinois, Ohio or Michigan, two are from Oregon, one from California, three from the South and the balance from either the New Jersey-Pennsylvania area or New England.
The complete list of entering freshmen follows:
John Adler, New Rochelle, N. Y.; Herbert C. Bailey, Wheelings W. Va.; Robert W. Belfit Jr., Watertown, Conn.; Joel I. Berson, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Charles D. Blinn, New Milford, Conn.; Dean M. Boylan, Winthrop, Mass.; Seward B. Brewster, Meriden, N. H.; Richard G. Commons, Port Washington, N. Y.; James H. Dean Jr., Amsterdam, N. Y.; Robert E. DeForest 11, Burlington, Vt.; George P. Denecke, Larchmont, N. Y.; Charles K. Dodge Jr., Gaylordsville, Conn.; Robert C. Dwyer, New York City; Donald F. Farnsworth, Morristown, N. J.; Lewis D. Geer, Forest Hills, N. Y.; George P. Gendron, South Dartmouth, Mass.; Philip W. Goodspeed, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Henry L. Gutman, Baltimore, Md.; Jay S. Ha£t, New York City; David W. Heusinkveld Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio; Ronald C. Honeyman (son of Ronald J. Honeyman '25), Portland, Ore.; Philip A. Johnson, Walpole, Mass.; Stafford W. Keegin (nephew of Warwick Keegin '24), Grosse Pointe, Mich.; John D. Kilmartin Jr., Providence, R. I.; Anthony W. Lyons, Bayside, N. Y.; Robert W. Mac Arthur, White Plains, N. Y.; Noble T. Macfarlane Jr., Winnetka, Ill.; Stanley E. McKinley, Washington, D. C.; Robert C. MacLaren, Port Washington, N. Y.; Eugene D. Miller, Queens Village, N. Y.; Cornelius A. O'Brien Jr., Willimanset, Mass.; Claude V. Olfray Jr., Maplewood, N. J.; Jack F. Ostergaard, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Warren G. Povey, Portland, Ore.; Michael B. Powell," Bakersfield, Cal.; William H. Pruden, Ridgewood, N. J.; Pasquale J. Richitelli, West Haven, Conn.; Robert C. Rooney, Pleasantville, N. Y.; Curtis L. Smith Jr., University, Ohio; James W. Smith, Northampton, Mass.; Herman W. Stein Jr., Kenilworth, 111.; Alexander McK. Taft (son of James C. Taft '14), Greenville, N. H.; Norris G. Townsend, New Hampton, N. H.; William G. Turino Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Charles J. Urstadt, Pelham Manor, N. Y.; David D. Van Tassel, Darien, Conn.; Robert J. Weber, Mount Vernon, N. Y.; Lynne L. White Jr., Glencoe, Ill.
THE SS DARTMOUTH VICTORY GOES DOWN THE WAYS in her Portland, Oregon, launching on February 15. The 10,800-ton, 455-foot cargo ship is capable of 15 knots or better and is one of the Victory type vessels which will carry the names of leading American colleges to the far ports of the world.
DARTMOUTH ALUMNI GROUP from Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Corvallis which was present to see the SS Dartmouth Victory launched at the shipyard of the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation on Feb. 15.
