1914
If all the fellers paid their duesAnd paid them now "en Masse"9Twould well prevent the Treasurer's BluesAnd prove Fourteen has "Classe."A. E. H.
And if in doubt as to A. E. H., turn to Page 109 of the Aegis.
Every little while a letter comes in from someone that we have missed for a long time. This time it is Dalt Baldwin with a picture of himself and his three children. Dalt writes, "Since I received your letter I have thought of the torture that must be yours in trying to correspond with the whole class. No excuses for not replying sooner other than deep-born procrastination. About thirty years ago I started to work in the Claim Dep't of the Firemen's Insurance Cos., of Newark, N. J. The company is the parent company of Loyalty Group .... and my job is Assistant Secretary in charge of Auto Claims.
"In 1926 I married Helen Cahill and since we both felt the urge to live outside the city, we built a home out here in Millington.....
We like it here and have no desire to return to the city. There are three children, Anne C. (16), Dalton G. (14), and Martha B. (11). My free time is devoted chiefly to fishing, tennis and gardening. Far too much time is given to fishing, but Helen is a good sport about it. We all like to skate when ice is available."
Dalt has served three terms on the Board of Education, of which he is the present president, and apparently did more than his share in selling bonds, being air raid warden and plane spotter. He adds, "It was swell to hear from you and I hope that you and any other Fourteeners will stop in to see me if you ever come this way."
It was nice, too, getting a letter from Phil Smith in Hartford. Phil writes that he spends most of his time "shovelling snow, because the good Lord is too generous with it this winter When it isn't snowing I work for the State of Connecticut in the Unemployment Compensation Department, as a field supervisor. Most of the time I browse around among the field offices, trying to keep the boys on the beam. We have been rather busy during the last few months. Puss,—she's the lady you met as a bride on our sth,—and I, live very
quietly and uneventfully but perhaps we will find it possible to step out in July—anyway it is nice to know that Reunions are again in the works." We sure hope so, Phil, and will look forward to seeing you both in Hanover.
As this is being written, news has been received that Bill Taft, who is seriously ill at the Peterboro Hospital, is slightly better, but is still very sick.
In a recent chatty letter from Dick Barlow, he calls attention to the fine record of his freshman roommate, Col. Harry H. "Chippy" Semmes 'l3. I am sure that you have all followed "Chippy's" career, and that he will be back in Hanover with his class in July. Dick writes that there was to be a Dartmouth party after the Princeton basketball game (we won) which sounds interesting Listed among the directors of the newly organized Waltham Citizens National Bank is one Alexander Skakle Capt. Alec Tuck couldn't make the Class Dinner in New York because of a stubborn and unreasonable M.D., who just wouldn't understand Loring Nichols' son was one of the stars on the Winchester (Mass.), High School football team last fall.
John Burleigh attended the Alumni Council meetings in Hanover, January last and Bob Hopkins and F. H. Davidson
were listed as guests at the Inn On Winchester's hockey team is another Fourteen son by the name of Saltmarsh, too bad his old man is on a secret mission and won't write to us! .... Fred Davidson presided over The Dartmouth Society of Engineers dinner, held January 18th, in New York, which was also attended by cousin Herman and Hal Elkins and speaking of Red, his son Dick is one of the 100 veterans accepted by the College direct from high school, and entering this month.... looks as if fourteen would have quite a delegation by next fall Hats off to Rufe Sisson again, this time for his work in raising funds for the expansion of Clarkson Institute of Technology; any man who goes into a town of 4500 and raises $150,000 deserves some sort of citation.
By the time these notes get into print, usually five to seven weeks elapse. For that reason it is sometimes a gamble what to write of coming events. Jack's News Letter is much more rapid and for that reason the Delayed Thirtieth news should be left for him and largely will be. However, be sure and read the Reunion story in the last month's (February) issue.
Chuck writes that there will be a dance Friday night and a show Saturday night. Saturday night has been requested for the Class Dinner. "Several men have suggested that we have quite a lot of 'just visiting.' I vote 'aye.' In looking at past Reunions I find that the most pleasant moments were those when I was able to get together with a group of classmates whom I had not seen for years and catch up on their personal biographies. I do not think I am unusual in this and if we must fall short of having a perfect Reunion, let us fall short on the side of underscheduling rather than overscheduling our time. We will probably have in the neighborhood of 150 to 174 classmates present. Of these fully half will be men whom we have not seen since the last Reunion and two days is all too short a time in which to 'just visit.' "
HANOVER HOLIDAY: Professor Herbert W. Hill will conduct the Holiday on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of each Reunion week with a series of six lectures, two a day, morning and evening. Take your choice of the one before or after Reunion!
These Reunion plans are getting hot and shaping up fast. Don't, whatever you do, make the mistake of not being there. I did it just once and have regretted it ever since.
By the time this gets to you, the Alumni Fund will be wide open and if you want to be a good Samaritan, take care of it early and save your class agent a lot of unnecessary work that in these days of steel strikes and reconversion he can ill afford. That boy is a work horse and can take a lot, but don't make it harder for him by mere procrastination.
New addresses from the Records Office are as follows: Dr. Harold C. Beane, 25 Beckford St., Salem, Mass.; Lester K. Little, Inspector General of Customs, 421 Hart Road, Shanghai, China; Caleb H. Niles, 254 High St., Berlin, N. H.; Alex J. M. Tuck, 370 Park Ave., N. Y. C. 22; John L. Dellinger, Box 987, Tyler, Texas; Daniel Chase, Historical Section, Ordnance Dept., Pentagon Bldg., Washington, D. C.; Ralph M. Phelps, Room 404, 1025 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D. C. Apt., and 2223 H. St., N.W., Washington, D. C.
In closing, just a word about the New York Class Party. It was swell and I take this opportunity to thank those in charge for the chance to meet so many men that I hadn't seen for years and for so kindly putting up with what must have been an awful bore of a speaker. Next year, save a seat for me because I would not miss it for the world. There is nothing to say here because the News Letter did a perfect coverage except for an attempt to throw back a few bouquets.
FORMER SECRETARY of the Class of 1914, Herbert S. Austin is active in Dartmouth affairs. He lives in Wellesley, Mass.
Secretary, 88 Sea Street, North Weymouth, Mass. Treasurer, 26 Garden Street, Potsdam, N. Y.
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