1919
Friday, January 11, saw Win Batchelder, recently appointed chairman of the Dartmouth Class Memorial Fund committee and successor to Spider Martin in that post, in Hanover to make his report to the College at the scheduled meeting of the Alumni Council: $65,134 since June 30, 1945, or 50% of all previous gifts to these Funds, for an all-time total of $194,662! Congratulations, Batch, a fine job! Let's hope we can keep 1919 tops on the list as it was December 31, 1945, with $26,514.73.
A letter, just arrived from Batch, adds:
I'd like to give you a little report on the January Alumni Council Meeting in Hanover. First off, we heard an inspiring message from our new President, John Sloan Dickey. Second, the College is rapidly returning to a civilian status. Third, for the benefit of those who are interested in weather reports, the temperature was well above freezing, reminiscent of typical early spring day.
On the way up on the train, I had the very welcome privilege of visiting for an hour or so with Mr. Hopkins who was returning from a board meeting in New York.
Upon arrival at the Inn, I learned I had been assigned to share a room with Bob Stecher. In case you may have temporarily forgotten, Bob is a member of the Council and this year is both vice president and chairman of the nominating committee. In the latter capacity, he gave the report for his committee and nominated Beardsley Ruml 'l5 as Alumni Trustee.
The resident 'l9ers kept Bob and me fully occupied when the Council was not in session. At lunch, Bill McCarter brought us up to date on things academic and otherwise, and Max Norton gave us a photographic report of his daughter's wedding in December.
On Saturday, following the Council sessions, the Dartmouth Fraternity Alumni Board met in Hanover with Fats Jackson and Rock Hayes participating. I saw Fats for a few seconds Friday night but did not meet up with Rock. Young Jim Davis is a Junior at Dartmouth now and he extended the hospitality of undergraduates to Bob and me by calling on us late Friday afternoon. Adele Ives was as always the perfect, gracious hostess at the Inn. That is about all for the Council meetings.
At home recently I have glimpsed handsome Eddie Fiske in the Grand Central, George Rand at a textile party, and Art Palmer on the commuting train to Stamford. Nick Sandoe lunches regularly at the Dartmouth Club. Rock Hayes was in New York for a short trip the end of January.
Red Colwell, Reunion chairman, wants all questionnaires back in his hands from all of us; so let's not disappoint him, or his high,I mean non-salaried, committee. If you have not sent word to Red, please do it now.
King Cole, Public Relations Director with the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Washington, D. C., has again received the undying thanks of the secretary for sending some 1919 news from the District of Columbia.
Trying to find Nineteeners in Washington at this late day and age is like the proverbial looking for a needle in a haystack. Many of the men who were with the armed services and were stationed here during the war have been discharged and have returned to their homes. In this group are Doc Childs of the Princeton faculty, formerly with OWI; Col. John M. Murray, of the Air Surgeon's Office, who has reopened his office in Boston; Col. Hobert L. Proctor, Army Air Force, who "signed off" at the Pentagon about half an hour before I got on his trail; Major Frederick A. Blanpjed, Ordnance Department; Col. Maulsby Forrest, formerly with the Civil Affairs Divisions, Office of Chief of Staff; and Commander Ralph S. Nayes, Navy Communications.
There was no trace of Col. Chug Sears and Rog Clark who had been with OSS, Bob Paisley who had been with OEW, and others who had been in and out of Washington during the war.
However, news is available regarding several of the class. Doc Chadwell says he keeps out of mischief as executive assistant to Dr. Vannevar Bush, director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, and a deputy executive officer to Dr. James Bryant Conant, chairman of the National Defense Research Committee. Chadwell's son, Jesse, who by the way is secretary of the Class of 1947, was_ slated for graduation from Dartmouth with the V-12 Class last month (February) and hoped to receive a commission. Doc's daughter, Margaret Anne, graduated from Swarthmore last June, spent the summer in California, and is now with the State Department here.
Rudy Stewart, who still makes his home in Baltimore and commutes daily, is assistant manager of the Reports Section, Division of Loans and Currency, Bureau of the Public Dept. Treasury Department. His son, Rudolph, 13, has his eyes set for Dartmouth or the Naval Academy, even though he is only in Junior High now. The Stewarts also have an eight-year-old daughter.
Charlie Warner, brother of Bill, another Nineteener, still maintains his home just over the District line in Silver Springs, Md., but has to spend most of the week at the Richmond, Va., office of his firm, Reynolds Metal. The Warners' oldest boy, Charles Jr., was graduated from Fishburne Military School at Waynesboro, Va., before going into the service. A staff sergeant with the Bth Air Corps in England for a number of months, he completed 21 missions as a waist gunner before the end of hostilities. Released from the service, he is to enter the University of Maryland, possibly transferring later to Michigan. Their other son, Robert, 18, completed his junior year at Fishburne before being taken by the Navy. He is now a first class seaman on an LCT in the Philippines, and is working for promotion to Petty Officer.
Bill Carto, assistant vice president, in charge of personnel, for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. here, had his hands full during the recent siege of labor difficulties. His two daughters are in college in Washington, Eleanor Jane at Dunbarton and Mary Frances at Marjorie Webster.
As for myself, I am enjoying my associations with the Dartmouth Club of Washington as executive committee member, and member of committees in charge of the club's Christmas luncheon for undergraduates, held in December for the first time since 1940, and the big spring dinner meeting at the Statler Hotel March 16. Son, Don, Dartmouth 1945 and Dartmouth Medical School 1945, got out of uniform. Naval Reserve, V-12, Medical, November 7. He is completing his third year at Harvard Medical School.
"Hanover or Bust" should be a good slogan for our delayed 25th Reunion. It is just that, as far as the Washington delegation is concerned.
Max and Helen Norton announced the marriage of their daughter, Ann to Richard Proctor Curtis:
Miss Ann Norton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max A. Norton of 5 Choate Road, was married at home on December 10 to Seaman 2/c Richard Proctor Curtis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick I Curtis of Reading, Pa. The Rev. John T. Dallas, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire and from Concord, officiated at the 5:00 P. M. wedding. A reception for members of the families immediately followed the ceremony. Mrs. Curtis attended Colby Junior College in New London and has recently been secretary in the office of the Dean of Freshmen at Dartmouth College. Mr. Curtis attended Clark School in Hanover and Cornell University at Ithaca, N. Y. He is now serving in the United States Naval Reserve.
Dr. John F. Moore of New Rochelle has been appointed medical director of the Mutual Life Insurance Cos., of New York, effective January i. Dr. Moore attended Dartmouth College and New York University, receiving his B.S. and M.D. degrees from the latter institution. Clarence Buttenwieser has been transferred to Fort Dix. He expects to be there two or three months before getting out of the Service.
We are now in the midst of the Annual Alumni Fund campaign. The class of 1919 does a fair job year in and year out, but its record is surpassed by several other classes about our time. Let's hope this year everybody will do his share by giving promptly and generously.
Rock Hayes visited Hanover January ia to attend the Dartmouth Fraternity Advisory Board Meeting and sent word from Boston:
Yesterday, January 30, Glenn Fuller, who has just returned from the South Pacific, dropped into the office. As you know he was associated with the Red Cross and had a rank comparable to that of a captain in the Army. He was at Guam and reached Okinawa about ten days before hostilities ceased. I understand that he was hospitalized there with a minor illness but seems to be in good shape now. He is hoping for an early release.
Commander E. Clark Ingraham has been assigned to duty at the Boston Navy Yard. Phil Bird and I had lunch with him this week and his chief problem seems to be the universal one of finding a place to live. Meanwhile, he and Mrs. Ingraham are staying at the Wellesley Inn in Wellesley, Mass.
Robert M. Stecher, M.D., has been awarded a bronze plaque as Foundation Benefactor of the Cleveland Health Museum on November 27, as a feature of the Fifth Annual Civic Luncheon. He is a Trustee of this unique institution, the first health museum on the western continent which "points the way to health through knowledge."
Commodore Paul J. Halloran spoke before the Atlanta post, Society of American Military Engineers, describing the difficulties encountered by his forces in the Pacific. It is worthwhile recording the facts appearing in the Atlanta paper regarding Paul;
A graduate of Dartmouth College in 1919 and of Thayer School of Engineering in 1920, he was with the Army Engineers Reserve in World War I. He holds a Presidential citation, Republic of Haiti's Honore at Merte, Grade de Chevalier," and Legion of Merit for his work with the Fourth Marine Division; a Presidential unit citation, Seabees, Tmjan and Saipan; a Gold Star in lieu of a second Legion of Merit, as commander of Brigade on Development of bases in the Tinian campaign.
Commodore Halloran is a member of the American Society of American Military Engineers, and Thayer Society of Engineers.
A short note from Ralph Hayes indicates his release from duty in the Navy as of March or April.
King Cole reports meeting A 1 (Albert N. D.) Brooks early in February. He reports A 1 is a resident of Washington who has taught school in that city at Shaw Junior High School for seventeen years. He is married and has two young daughters. King also mentions Capt. Ralph I. Meader, who, like many others, has been working too hard and under pressure and is headed for a brief rest and check-up at Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md. King reports great plans for the Dartmouth Alumni Spring Dinner at the Hotel Statler, March 16, at 7:30 P.M. He promises Basil O'Connor and other Dartmouth men of prominence for that evening in our Nation's Capital.
Secretary, 103 Aviemore Drive, New Rochelle, New York Treasurer, Hanover, New Hampshire
