1919
Max Norton, according to reports from Hanover, is recuperating after an illness that placed him in Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital during part of September. Max was at Lake George for the month of October and should be feeling fine as you read these notes.
October fifth, one of those perfect, warm fall days, saw the Syracuse football team striving to best an alert and aggressiye group of Dartmouth athletes who could not be taken. Syracuse fans in the east stands took off coats and sweltered in the summer heat. Jock and Edna Murray, with their son, a junior in college, sat nearby. Bill McCarter was pleased with the crowd, even though added stands on the north and south ends of the Gridiron were not filled. The first home game played under peace-time conditions was successful beyond our expectations. Hanover is crowded but appears normal to us who saw the College in full swing during the war.
Harold Avery has recovered from an illness that required an operation and hospitalizat ion from September 19 to October 7 at the New England Baptist Hospital. Hal lives at 152 DeForest Road, Burlington, Vt.
John Gordon, popular Barre, Vt., Town Manager, resigned from that post to resume practice of law in Barre. A former mayor of Barre City, he has held the town managership for seven years. Gordon was named to the office in 1939 after vigorous debate by the town on whether it should adopt the town management system. He was mayor of Barre from 1933 to 1939, and he practiced law here from 1932. to 1939. Prior to that time, he practiced law in Chicago for 11 years. His father, John W. Gordon, was Barre's second mayor, serving from 1896 to 1900. A native of Barre, he was graduated from Spaulding High School in 1915 and from Dartmouth in 1919. He also studied at the Chicago University School of Law and the Chicago Kent College of Law.
The Rev. Frederick W. Alden assumed his post as Minister of the New Hampshire Congregational-Christian Conference September fourth. Coming from Natick, Mass., where for six years he was pastor of First Congregational Church, serving also as a trustee of the Massachusetts Congregational Conference, Mr. Alden will reside at the conference parsonage, 21 Auburn Street. He and Mrs. Alden have two sons, Brad, a college student, and Fred, an eighth grade pupil. Mr. Alden is an alumnus of Dartmouth College, 1919, and of Harvard Theological School. Previous pastorates were in Orleans and Taunton, Mass., and before entering the ministry, he engaged in YMCA work.
Among members of the class in Hanover during September were O. B. Lewis and family, George Bingham, Jim Wilson and son, Mr. and Mrs. Clark W. Collins and their son, Clark Jr.
Bob Proctor has just been elected a Trustee of the American Optical Company. Bob has but recently formed a new law partnership with offices in Washington, D. C. He has long been a partner of Choate, Hall and Stewart, law firm of Boston.
Classmates keep moving to new locations. Here are some fairly new addresses:
William McK. Damm, Belfast, Me.; Kenneth D. Gilchrist, 12 Sidehill Road, Hamden 14, Conn.; John A. Gordon, 44 Orange St., Barre, Vt.; Russell Larmon, Box 273, Hanover, N. H.; Clifford B. Belknap, 6 Donald Street, Waterville, Maine; Reginald C. Brummer, 123 S. W. Third, Portland 4, Oregon; John H. Clark, 151 Edgell Road, Framingham Centre, Mass.; Albert H. Googins, Home Savings Bank, 75 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.; 1654 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 33, Cambridge, Mass.; William C. Hatton, 45 Church Street, Dorchester 22, Mass.; Arthur N. Stackpole, 126 Newbury Street, Will, Folsom and Smith, Boston 16 Mass.; 250 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass., Public Relations Director.
Alex Henderson, since last February, has been eating nothing but steaks three times a day, no orange juice, no toast—Just Steak! How does he do it? On that doctor-prescribed diet, he knocked off 22 pounds—even below his sylph-like Hanover days. Keeps himself busy on the Cape tending the garden; plans to spend the coming winter in Florida.
Spider Martin and Win Batchelder were reviewing summer vacationing and other activities at the Dartmouth Club with Red Colwell and the secretary in late September. Batch has worked hard on School Board Elections in Darien and Spider has been even more busy helping brother Joe iron out some of the wrinkles in the Republican National Political program.
Wait 'till you see the results of Ray Legg's recent artistic effort. Bob Stecher has many sound ideas in addition to his informal gettogether plan for luncheon before the Harvard Game.
In October 1933 there appeared an article, written by Bill McCarter and entitled, "Not So Long Ago." We quote one paragraph:
Coach Cavanaugh was throwing Jack McAuliffe's team in mass formations against Syracuse and Penn and Princeton. Rivalry with Harvard was a memory, living only in faint tradition. The Princeton game was the big peerade, and huge mass meetings were held in Commons, with cries of "Sign, the Book!" to guarantee a special train. Cav. was wringing your heart out with "Men of Daa-aht-muth, will you indeed be ready?" Gerrish, Thielscher, and Duhamel were names to conjure with; Cannell, Cogswell, and Cunningham were merely promising freshmen. Four years later, Fat Spears rejoiced in their return from service. Swede Youngstrom blocked a kick to tie Colgate 7-7. Dick Paul led cheers whenever he was present. Zack Jordan, Jack Shelburne, Laddie Myers, Norm Crisp, Cuddy Murphy, and Gus Sonnenburg were prominent in line-up.
And then a few words from Class Notes of February 1934 by then Class Secretary, Jim Davis:
As we rush to press, Christmas and the New Year festivities have just departed with a jingling of old St. Nick's sleigh bells and coin, leaving a satisfied feeling and a lot of bills. This old heart was cheered no little by the many Christmas greetings received from the boys all over the map—and cheered a lot by the thought of next June which was called to mind by the many notations appended thereto speaking of the coming Fifteenth Reunion. It seems to be on everybody's mind, which is no small tribute to the work of Louie Munro and his publicity committee.
Red Colwell's son, Ted and daughter-in-law, Olive, are settled at Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J., and both wish they were back at Dartmouth.
Lew Garrison recently visited his son, a student at Dartmouth; Helen and Jim Campion helped make our visit at the DartmouthSyracuse game a success, where they entertained Red's brother, Bob and brother's wife, Evy Colwell as well as Marje and me following the contest.
Secretary, „ 103 Aviemore Drive, New Rochelle, N. Y.
Treasurer, Hanover, N. H.
