1921
Bill Embree reports from Chicago in this vein. "On March 22 we had the annual Association dinner, at which Pudge Neidlinger and Tuss McLaughry were the principal speakers. The regulars from our class were there as usual, including Al Dunn, Bob MacDonald, Ned Price, Ken Thomas, Captain Rog Wilde, and myself. There was a cocktail party before the dinner and the usual procedure is for a general milling-around, rather than having class groups gather separately. However, we all sat together at the dinner. Ned Price was chairman of the Committee on Arrangements, and the whole thing was a success I have just seen in the press that the lnfantry Division, which is my son's, is now attached to Patch's 7th Army and is engaged in chasing Heinies over a somewhat mountainous terrain." Bill also throws out the hope (written March 30) that by this fall the chairmen of the 25 th Reunion committees can converge on Boston and have a basis, under the able leadership of Tom Cleveland, for getting down to actual business
Newsweek for March 19, under "Business", carries a story about a new opus of Harland (Manny) Manchester titled New World ofMachines, published by Random House at $3 Lt. Col. Bill Marcy of the AAF left Washington some time around March 1, as closely as our spies have been able to check, and is doing business again at the old stand in Buffalo, N. Y. We take this to mean he's practicing law and running the Hotels Statler as a side issue—or is it the other way around, Bill?
On March 15, Lee (Dutch) Bausher was in Washington and called this correspondent to say he'd just received a letter from Ellis O. Briggs announcing his transfer to China. Checking with Gord Merriam at the State Department, your reporter learned that Ellis had been moved up from Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, to Minister-Counsellor at Chungking, under "Pat" Hurley. As we understand it, Ellis will undertake to co-ordinate our Government's activities in China, operating with the rank of minister. Because of conditions obtaining in China, Elly's family will sojourn in the calm atmosphere of the U. S. A. Mail for E. O. should be addressed c/o Department of State, Washington 25, D. C.
Merrill E. (Mick) Shoup, our western reporter based at Colorado Springs, airmails the following communique.
This is in answer to your air mail letter of March 19. If you insist on getting my mug in the May issue, I am enclosing a picture which I trust will serve the purpose. (It does admirably; thanks,Merrill—Ed.) As you may or may not recollect, we have one daughter Mary of the age of eleven and a half, and a daughter Nancy of the age of almost one and a half. Dorothy and the two daughters are all fine I haven't seen as much of Ralph Ruder as I would like to, lately, as I have been out of the city a lot, but he is fine We had a nice visit with Tom Cleveland, his wife, and daughter_ last fall, but can't give you much current information They seem to have me pretty busy these days. I am enclosing a rough idea of what I am trying to keep up with. Hope that the war will soon be over and we can all get together for a good, oldtime Dartmouth Reunion."
The "rough" idea of what Mick is "trying to keep up with" could be aptly described as wicked, in the opinion of this reporter, as it consists of two closely-typed sheets naming organizations with which M. E. is identified. Without bothering to check against a complete list of corporations chartered under the laws of Colorado, we would hazard a guess that Mick has included a substantial majority. With true efficiency, his staff has arranged them alphabetically, by groups, each group carrying a heading indicating which offices the boss holds in those companies. No doubt this proves a great time-saving device, for when going to meetings Mick can steal a look at the list on his way over and determine instantly whether he's president, treasurer, and director of the organization, or president and director, or perhaps vice president and director. Farther down one finds listed some companies in which he's secretary, treasurer, and director, and at the very end, two banks of which he's a director and not an officer. Then follows a list of associations, clubs, and other groups. This reporter feels weary after only perusing the roster of activities.
Fred Benton is now assistant comptroller of the Philadelphia Transportation Cos., at 1405 Locust St., Postal Zone 2 in the City of Brotherly Love Says he's living in Westtown, which your correspondent assumes is a suburb Cliff Hart reports from Manhattan that he "saw Prof. George Frost giving the Dartmouth Club's layout on 39th St. the double-o a few days ago. He is on leave from his English Department rostrum in Hanover; admits that he enjoyed playing the Monty Woolley role (without whiskers) in The Man Who Cameto Dinner. Says he had the discretion to select a very comfortable wheel-chair." .... Ralph Steiner postcards from Los Angeles: "Just to tell you that I seem to be permanent out here. Signed contract with M-G-M as a producer. I'm assistant to the great Clarence Brown, maker of National Velvet,The Human Comedy, etc."
With which inspiring note this column signs off for 30 days P. S.:—lf you haven't mailed us that reproduction of your mug, please do it at once. This column has a honey of a picture for the June issue, but is now in the market for August. No MAGAZINE in July, you know.
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