1929
Most of us who spent the second weekend of November in Hanover saw the Harvard game from the heights of Section 1. There sat Phil Hoffman and his wife, Ollie Holmes and wife, Johnny Davis and wife, Dick Johnson and wife, Millard Tucker and a wonderful looking little son, and Phil Mayher and Charlie Dudley. Others seen or reported to be in town were Art Nighswander, Bill Wheaton, Howie Eldridge, Walt Gutterson and Don Jeffery.
Sandy Hume probably carries around more splinters from the balcony board track in the Alumni Gymnasium than any other member of the freshman track squad. Twenty years after he resigned from college, following his sophomore year, he writes from Lexington, Ky., reporting good health and happiness all around:
I certainly like the idea of being billed for class dues and receiving the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, and am enclosing my check. You probably know that we left the underwear business and came down here to start being farmers about three years ago. It sure is different, and we are mighty glad that we tried it. The original idea was to raise tobacco and beef, but you can't be here long without getting the horse bug, and so now our six thoroughbred broodmares and their foals are the tail that wags the whole farm. It sure is a lot of fun (and work and worry) to raise horses, and in about ten days we are going to find out if it is also profitable. Our first crop is going to be sold in the big fall auction, and after two years of shelling out for everything under the sun, you can bet that the whole Hume family will be walking around in a daze until the hammer falls when the last filly is sold. Harriet and I have two boys, and suddenly found out that the oldest one was old enough to go to high school. They sure grow up fast. We are working on getting him into Exeter because of the sterling characters we have known there, but I guess that we won't know much about his chances of getting in until sometime next year. If possible, both of the boys are going there for three or four years, and then on to Dartmouth. I've got them pretty well sold on Dartmouth, but it's kind of lucky that they aren't football fans. We sure have been having tough luck. I think that we picked a poor year to start, as that 1926 team spoiled us by giving us pretty big ideas.
Another non-grad who welcomed the chance to be included in the unit subscription was Don Morrison who is President of the Sebastian Lathe Company and The Dixie Machine Tool Co. of Cincinnati. Don submits the following report of progress: "12/12/40 Married Natalie Pogue Gates, 8/25/42-born-D. Craig Morrison, 11/19/44-born-Langdon G. Morrison, ,6/5/46-born-Natalie Pogue Morrison."
Bill Davenport gives the following full chronology of his activities since graduation in 1929:
A.M., Tufts, 1931 (teaching fellowship), Instructor in English, Carnegie Tech, 1931-35, Ph.D., Yale, 1938, Instructor in English, Smith College, 1938, Assistant Professor, U.S.C., 1938-42, Associate Professor, U.S.C., 1942-46, Visiting Lecturer, Cal Tech, 1942-46-47, Guest Professor, U.C.L.A., Summer, 1946. I have published scholastic articles in England, lighter verse in U.S.A., two books for Harcourt, Brace, N. Y., 1946 (reviewed in ALUMNI MAGAZINE), am working on one for Harper's, was Assistant Class Agent for Alumni Fund, 1943-45; have done editorial work for M-G-M, lawyers, and the Navy (throughout the war, in addition to fulltime at U.S.C. and half-time at Cal Tech teaching, I did 20 hours a week as Editor for the Navy on the rocket program at Cal Tech, I edited manuals and books for rocket warfare in the Pacific). Since 1942 we have been living in San Gabriel, a suburb of Los Angeles. My wife Isobel Shriner (Duke, A.8., 1936, Yale, A.M., 1939) and my twin daughters Linda and Marcia (ages 4 1/2) make up my family. I've kept up my music and tennis and outside of a receding hair line and a growing paunch, feel like the naive lad of 1929. Since college I have been to Europe and the Caribbean seven times in all (including study in France and Germany). I have been back to Hanover only twice since 1929, once when I was at Tufts, and once in 1939, two days after our tenth Reunion. My greatest regret is that I missed all our Reunions. Our Fifth found me in a hospital in Pittsburgh having my appendix out, our tenth found me 3200 miles away with final exams at U.S.C. I arrived two days late, our recent postponed fifteenth found me doing a summer trick at U.C.L.A. I did go East in August —too late again. But I hereby promise to be in Hanover for our 20th come hell or high water!
Johnny Cornehlsen is on the faculty of the San Francisco State College, as Professor of Psychology and Dean of Men, a position which he believes settles him permanently in the post-war era. In addition to his work at the college he hopes to find an opportunity in San Francisco to continue his interest in work as a Psychological Consultant for business in connection with problems of personnel evaluation, selection and testing.
Dick Brown passes on the good news that Jack Brabb's boy is star of his high school football team this season and on behalf of the Brabb clan he asserts the claim that that is more than any other '29 father can boast.
Dick Clark, out of the Navy, has been back home since December 1945 practicing law in Gloucester with plenty of work to keep him busier than ever.
Earl Tyler sends word that Jim Hodson, Assistant Western Counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad, has been elected to the Executive Board of the National Safety Council.
Bill Strangward sends word that things are going along very nicely for him with law practice and business connections in Cleveland increasing continually.
Ed Canby took the time out to say that he was struggling on an extended work week to get his portrait and commercial photographic studio going. He reports that being his own boss means a lot more work but increased enjoyment as well. Recently he received a short visit from Bill Magenau who was in and out of Dayton that day.
Shep Stone was with the First U. S. Army in the G2 from 1942-45 and as he puts it saw something of the war. After V-E day he helped set up the newspapers, radio stations and other communications of Western Germany. Early this year he got out of the Army a lieutenant colonel. Since then he has become the Assistant Sunday Editor of the New York Times. His immediate schedule calls for a trip to Germany for the paper. Bob Beadel brings us up to date:
About a year ago I left the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Division of Union Carbide & Carbon Co. after fifteen years' service and have joined my cousins in business here in Syracuse, the A. H. Pond Co., Inc. From selling chemicals I am now very busy helping to convince young America that a Keepsake Diamond Ring is the traditional symbol of love (pardon the plug). My family accomplishments consist of a very lovely wife, a son Thomas, age 8, a daughter, Louise, age 6 and a son Robin, age 3.1 managed to get to Hanover for the Syracuse game. Was very proud of the team, pleased to find Hanover as beautiful as ever, disappointed not to see any familiar faces. Have run into Bob Fairchild on several occasions at the University Club in Syracuse. He is making quite a name for himself as a local surgeon.
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