1927
October started off as a great month twenty years ago. Having the Norwich scalp safely under our belt, the Green team with its powerful aerial attack defeated Hobart 50-0 on a wet and slippery field. Princeton and Yale announced a new football agreement, agreeing not to scout each other's team before their annual game. Coach Hawley is quoted in the Daily Dartmouth saying that the present scouting system is a good thing. The Athletic Council announced the appointment of William Stewart as trainer of the freshman football team. Bill is better known now as one of the best National League umpires and as manager of the Chicago Blackhawks when they won the hockey championship several years ago. "While the Dartmouth Christian Association with the Outing Club were starting their annual Feeds for freshmen, the Players were picking men for their first production CaptainApplejack and the Jack'O and the Dartmouth were opening their competitions. The St. Louis Cards and the New York Yankees were battling it out in the World Series. Babe Ruth hit three home runs for a World Series record as the Yankees took the fourth game.
Thirty-two candidates report for fall track. The '27 men listed are: K. H. Auer, Covert, Gore, Ketz, Kelly, McCall, McClure, McAnulty, W. B. Smith, W. G. Smith, and Zaro. Friday, October Bth, was the night before fraternity pledging and the following notice appeared on the first page of the Daily Dartmouth: "Fraternities are requested to cooperate with the trainer in car-rying out the rule that all men on the first varsity football squad are to'be in bed in the Davis Field House by ten o'clock tonight." Signed: C. W. Bartlett, Manager.
Jack Sharkey defeated Harry Wills on a foul as the debating team called for their first tryouts for the year. Bill Cusack and George Friede were the '27 members eligible. The student body prepared to give a big send-off on Thursday evening for the football team on its trip to New Haven. Mel Partridge won the Fall Tennis Tournament defeating Sass '28 while Seth Besse won the Fall Golf Championship by defeating Fritz Auer 5 and 4, while Queen Marie of Roumania entertained Americans aboard the Leviathan and George Carens of the Boston Transcript predicted a victory for Dartmouth over Yale. Last practice before the Harvard game held on snow-covered field. The Dartmouth carries a picture of Davis '27, veteran center, showing a lush, bushy head of hair. No, friends, it doesn't look like a wig, this must have been twenty years ago.
Torchlight Parade to open Thirty-first Dartmouth Night on eve of Brown game as Hawley predicts victory for Brown. Captain Horton and Hardy out with injuries. And so it went in those wonderful fall days of 1926. We hope these few items from your daily paper of that time will call forth enough nostalgia to make you all decide that the Twentieth Reunion next June will find you in Hanover. Much to our pleasure, word has just been received that Ross Nichols has agreed to act as chairman of the Reunion committee Further news of the others on his committee and their plans will be forthcoming in an . early issue.
One evening several weeks ago, Nat Morey phoned us at our home and we had a very enjoyable chat with him. Unfortunately, we were just leaving the house for the evening and Nat was leaving Boston the next day so we had no chance to see him in person. He did promise that he would be in Hanover for the Reunion, next June, and also issued a most cordial invitation for any classmates visiting Buffalo to get in touch with him. Nat is still working for Ralston Purina Company and we suspect he has recently had a promotion, although he refused to admit it over the telephone.
Dick Griffin of Portland, Maine, dropped in at our office a few days ago and we had a most pleasant visit. Dick is still working for the Retail Credit Company covering the eastern New Hampshire territory. He and his wife also run a chicken farm not far outside of Portland just off the main road to Brunswick.
We are indebted to Fred Shaneman '24 for sending us a page from the Jonathan, published by the Jonathan Club of Los Angeles. The feature article tells of the defeat by the Jonathans volley ball team of their arch rival, the University Club. The picture of the team shows eight husky men and one wiry little cuss with what might be called a receding forehead and a dark mustache. From the article we quote: "It was a fast contest, featured by some good network on the part of Frank Coulter, who sparked the Jonathan team to victory." Fred adds: "This guy Coulter sort of makes you guys look tough and old as hell. He must have been the baby of your class." (Oh yeah! Ed.)
Bob Fall is back in greater Boston working for the Shell Oil Co. Recently learned that Paul Hannah has purchased a house in Lexington, Mass. Bill and Kay Prescott will shortly move to their very attractive new home in Wellesley Hills, Mass. They have recently returned from a summer at Marblehead Neck where young Bill gathered quite a lot of silverware as top skipper in his division of the Brutal Beast Class.
Don Kinney president of the Northern Colorado Finance Company of Greeley, Colo., and his wife were in Hanover for the Syracuse game, and were accompanied by the Burwells and the Hazeltons. They later visited several days with Don's old roommate, Chuck Burwell in Cohasset. Chuck and Olive had a cocktail party for a group of the '27 brethren and their wives, but unfortunately, on account of no one to leave the kids with we could not be present.
Had a nice note from Bill St. Amant who is staying at the Hotel Book-Cadillac in Detroit where he has been since about the first of August. Bill was in Chicago during the month of June where he had a Reunion with Hank Orth. Bill is in charge of all the preparations for a Sportsmen's Show which will be held in Detroit November 30 through December 8. Bill is also directing the sales of his company, Campbell-Fairbanks Expositions, Inc., in Boston and New York.
On Sunday, August 18, Willard H. Smith was married to Miss Thurlie Etta Additore in Green, Maine. Larry Scammon was one of the ushers. Willard and his wife were at the Hanover Inn on their wedding trip and they will live in Concord, Mass., where he is headmaster of the High School.
Count among the lucky people who visited Hanover during August Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lashar Jr., of York, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mix and family; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Allis and family of West Hartford, and Mr. "and Mrs. James Lowell of Canton, Conn.
From the Dartmouth Club News in New York, we learn that Bill Laighton was a recent guest and that a '27 weekend Hanover Inn party on September 28th included the Drehers, Longs, McCalls and Hitchcocks.
Does anyone know the current address of Nathaniel N. MacDougall? Our last address which now appears to be incorrect was Room 509, 178 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
Art Armstrong has moved to Los Angeles, Calif., and is living at 634 South Spring St. Henry Copeland is still living in Cornell, N. Y., where he works for DeWitt-Boag Company, textile manufacturers. Fred Cort has moved to a new home in Bloomfield, N. J. We believe he is still working for Durkee Famous Foods. George Friede is out of the Army and back at his law practice at 802 Corbett Building, Portland, Oregon. Ray Holbrook has recently moved to Ossining, N. Y.
Hal Pownall now works for Goodyear Export in Akron, O. Emmy Ross must be some- where in the Pacific, for his address is: ESS, GHQ, SCAP, APO 500, c/o P.M., San Francisco, Cal. Wil Shaw is back in the printing business in New York City. Cary Stiff has moved to his new home, Dogwood Farm at Ada, Mich. Cary is still working with one of the leading department stores in Grand Rapids. Bus Turpin has moved to Los Angeles. Got to get this in the mail, so see you next month. In the meantime, how about a couple of letters?
Secretary, 501 Boylston St., Boston 17, Mass.
Treasurer and Memorial Fund Chairman
Box 101, Westfield, N. J.
