1916
PICTURES
Don't be modest, boys. The ALUMNI MAGAZINE wants more pictures o£ Alumni in connection with the class columns. So dress up, slick down your hair with Kreml, adjust that cravat, smile in sickly fashion, watch the birdie, and send me a glossy print o£ the result. We'll show the staff what handsome really is.
REUNION
Don't forget those Reunion dates—July 12 and 13. A quick count of the returns on file discloses that over sixty of the clan have already said they'll be there. That's a good start and there'll be more coming. If you have not returned the questionnaire, please do so. If you have lost it, just drop me a line telling me whether you are coming.
NEW PRESIDENT
In response to a letter which I wrote to President Dickey, expressing the congratulations o£ the Class of 1916 on his appointment to the presidency and wishing him success and happiness, X received a very nice note, part of which is as follows:
"Nothing means more to me these days than to receive such expressions of encouragement from Dartmouth men such as yourself. I hope that we may have the pleasure of getting to know you and other friends in the Class of 1916 in the near future; if not before, certainly next summer."
I know that we all look forward to meeting President Dickey next summer.
OLD BUSINESS
Certain items which were ready for the February issue had to be postponed because of lack of space and they now have priority here.
During the fall of 1945 a group of Sixteeners consisting of Liv Cole, Gran Fuller, Ken Henderson, Joe Larimer, and DeWitt Stillman lunched together in a private room (swank, n'est-ce pas?) at the Chicago Bar Association's headquarters, and. in DeWitt's words, had an "old home week."
Ralph George, inhabitant of Concord, N. H., has resigned from the Office of Price Administration in that city and is organizing his automobile agency for a busy season in Ford and Mercury cars.
Larry Hayward reports having heard from Dick Parkhurst and Bill MacKenzie and having received a call from Dick Ellis and family. The Beans and Haywards attended the Cornell game together. (This news may seem a little old, but it's still news in this column.) Larry is reported to have sojourned to his camp for two weeks—alone—for the hunting. Let us know the outcome.
Not too long ago, Ros Magill lectured on "Estate Planning" at a tax institute conducted by the Atlanta, Georgia, Bar Association. He is alleged to have posed the gloomy proposition that "you can't accumulate a million dollars any more because of the high income tax." But, cheer up! Perhaps Social Security will support us in the style to which we are accustomed, although I'd rather have the million.
Shorty Shaw has moved into the city from his farm for the winter. His address is 83 University Ave., Providence, R. I. His condition is much improved.
Stirling Wilson has been released from the hospital and assigned as chief of the Foreign Trade Section in Naval Intelligence. His previous Navy assignments enabled him to see a great deal of South America and he is enthusiastic about the people of the South American countries. So am X, if the movies are any criterion.
IN THE PUBLIC EYE
Dick Parkhurst has been nominated by President Truman to be a member of the United States Maritime Commission. By the time this column goes to press, he will undoubtedly have been confirmed. An editorial in the Boston Herald, commending the appointment, speaks of Dick as"one of the most competent men in the country for the post," and refers to his many years of service without pay as chairman of the Boston Port Authority.
In addition to whatever honor is involved in being Reunion chairman (and in my opinion it is considerable). Dan Dinsmoor has been appointed chairman of the industrial division of commerce and industry for the 1946 Greater Boston Red Cross campaign. The article containing the foregoing news states also that Dan is a director of the National Shawmut Bank.
Stew Paul, our major general, is congratulated by Boston Business, which says, "Hats off" to the "top man" of the Yankee Division, who kept the glorious tradition of that splendid division burning.
OTHER ITEMS
A fine letter from Jack English states that the Army hospitalized him for seven weeks and put him through some operations during his terminal leave. However, I am happy to note that he has now returned to "the wide, wide world, a healthy man." He is working for Will, Folsom, and Smith, fund raisers for voluntary hospitals, and is very happy in his new connection. At present he is working on a drive in Woonsocket, R. I. His son Bob is a private first class with the Air Corps on Guam. Jack Junior, a private first class of Infantry, has been wounded twice and is one of only five survivors in his company. He has the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, and other decorations, and is still in Germany. Kay and the three daughters have carried on at home while the three "boys" (I include Jack Senior as one of them) were away. Jack looks forward to our Thirtieth.
Dick Parkhurst and Ros Magill attended the winter meeting of the Alumni Council at
Hanover. We should feel quite puffed up to have two men on the Council. Dick had a good talk with John Gile and spent a night with Andy McClary, whom he describes as the Squire of Windsor.
Jake Mensel contributes as gusty a piece of humor as has come my way for a long time. It is worth quoting in full.
"It has come to my attention that Mr. Hap Ward is loafing in Florida while the rest of us are going through reconversion. Why should this character be sunning himself on the beaches while I have to work for a living? This situation is distinctly unfair to labor and I recommend that a committee be appointed to get Ward back on his feet before he becomes a confirmed bum. Hoping you are the same " Personally, I would like to know Hap Ward's secret. A few months on the Florida beaches would go pretty well right now. Incidentally, Jake shows a new address, c/o Day and Zimmermann, Inc., Packard Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
Reg Chutter, still with Sharp and Dohme, of Philadelphia, is in Europe presumably on business.
A new service has been extended to class secretaries. The Hanover Inn sends a notice of each member of the class registered at the Inn, together with the dates of arrival and departure. From this new source of information comes the amazing news that Herb Lord has been in Hanover from November 29, 1945, to December 1; from December 2 to December 4; from December 15 to December 17; from December 23 to December 25; and from January 20, 1946, to January 21. Yet Herb gives his home as Lawrence, Mass. Now listen, Herb, will you please tell us what kind of a racket this is that gets you up to Hanover every few days, and do you need an assistant or someone to carry your suitcase?
The Hanover Inn records also show that Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shanahan, of Manchester, N. H., checked in on November 26 and out on November 27. This whole business makes me feel like an amateur detective or a peeper. So if you want to hide away, don't pick the Hanover Inn. My agents are waiting there, pens poised.
PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION and chairman of the Class of 1917's 30th Reunion Committee, Howard A. Stockwell 'l7 poses with his family. Back row: Joan, Howard Jr. '4O, Stewart, Richard V-12 '44, Fred '43, and Martha. Front row: Mrs. Howard Stockwell Jr., Mr. Stockwell, Mrs. Stockwell, Mrs. Fred Stockwell, and grandchildren, John, Susan and Sandra. The picture was taken at the first Stockwell family reunion in five years.
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