1920
Top honors in Twenty's Wah Hoo Wah department unquestionably go to Dick Pearson. I'm sure the class will agree that a better bit of reading has not entered the house for years than our "Twenty-Fifth Report;" As Prexy Hopkins states in his letter to the class, it is unique in twenty-fifth year reports in that it must act as a substitute for our long-looked-forward-to Reunion. It surely fulfills this mission perfectly. Thanks, Dick, for a wonderful job, accomplished because you were willing to devote to it innumerable hours of thought and work. We are indeed lucky to have a classmate with both the ability and willingness to serve us so well.
It was during the summer of '17 that I first received a letter from Carroll Swezey, so it seemed like old times to hear from him again. His address is the same as it was twenty-eight years ago, Patchogue, L. I. Among other things, he reports that his son Carroll Jr. is completing his basic Infantry training at Camp Wheeler, Ga The front page of the Arlington (Mass.) News pictures the city's new top man, R. O. Elliott. Roc has been selected as chairman of the board of select- men as well as chairman of the joint-board of selectmen and public works. Roc always seems to find the time to take on another job, and do them all well.
Congratulations to A 1 Foley on the birth of his new baby, duly christened, "Twenty." May he. (or she) have many sisters and/or brothers. If Al's two and a half pages of pep talk doesn't loosen the purse strings of us guys nothing ever will. I think we all feel that the class agent's chore is no bargain, so more power to A 1 for taking it on and giving it the complete treatment. We can show our appreciation by contributing both promptly and as heavily as the exchequer will allow.
This month's news is saddened by the deathof two in the class. Ralph Bradley died onMarch 26 and Philip Oulton on May 6. Thenext issue of the MAGAZINE will contain theIn Memoriam notices.
A welcome letter from Dick Kimball whois located in Long Beach, Calif. No news except that all is well with him Another California letter from Lt. Col. Dick Hayes A.S.F. Regional Hospital. Dick has just returned from New Guinea and is in the hospital at Fort Ord for a "minor repair job." We hope to hear more from the Colonel as he must have quite a story to tell.
Getting back to Dick Pearson, I'd like to relay a message he sent, namely:
It turns out that we have seventy or eighty extra copies of the Class Report. Maybe some of the boys would like an extra copy; if so, same can be supplied to anybody who feels like chipping in two bucks. There is a certain amount of deficit-financing to be worried about by Roc on this job. Checks should be made payable to the Class of 1920, Dartmouth College, and sent to me (Blind Brook Lodge, Rye, N. Y.), because I have the supply of extra copies. I'll see that the money gets to Roc promptly.
I'm afraid that this issue will appear too late to broadcast John Carden's plan for the "Washington 25th." He, Irv Blaine and Wendell Sigler have laid complete plans for June 3. The function is to be held at John's place at Upper Marlboro, Md. It sounds like a pip and a report of the happenings will appear later.
A 1 Foley has adequately covered the fact that the Alumni Fund campaign has no relationship to Stan Newcomer's "Twenty Grand" Memorial Fund. The latest flash has it that we have only S-jM to go, and with the 7th War Bond Drive now under way it's a natural to have your next purchase made payable to the "Trustees of Dartmouth College—a Corporation, Hanover, N. H." This is positively the last call. Don't miss the boat.
Secretary 212 Glen St., Glens Falls, N. Y. Treasurer, I Windmill Lane, Arlington, Mass.
