1943

This month's column starts out with a rather sad note for some of us—the sadness being over the fact that our reunion was called off due to the lack of food and help. I'll have more to say about that later on in my column. First, let's take a look at the more pleasant side of things.

Yours truly paid a visit to the old campus not long ago to attend the Class Secretary's meeting. 1 don't want to make you too jealous, but I do want to tell of a few highlights. Things are really pretty much back as we knew them in our day—fraternities going full blast, not many uniforms left on campus, Tanzi is doing his best to get a couple of bottles of beer for the boys—no kegs though, T-shirts, a few flashy sport jackets and the usual seersuckers (those Psi-U's, you know), ball games all over the campus, Fraternity hums, Glee Club performances etc. The one big change is the group of married couples around and the lots of women's "You know what's" and babies' diapers hanging out the windows of the Fayerweathers.

We've been having quite a lot of Big Green Pow-Wows in Boston these days; luncheon get-togethers, Dartmouth night at the "Pops" etc., all of which were faithfully attended by the following 43's: Howie Thomas, Jim Wells, Hud King, Bill Seidman, Don McCorkindale, Don Miller, John O'Connor, A1 and Stan Priddy, Andy Caffrey, Ted Driscoll, Bob Pelren, Duke Dushame, George Monroe, Bob Mara and myself. I might add that most of these fellows manage to get into see the Red Sox play a game now and then. Every time I go in I see at least one of the gang—hi "jughead!" One other item of interest around Boston is that Paul Hanlon is back with us and has joined the legal clan at Harvard Law School.

Now for "Stockwell's Scribblings" (still no relation to Allen's Alley) for a look at the news and views of all of "youse." Johnny Hyde, my predecessor at this job, is probably down in Montevideo by now studying under the G. I. Bill. He was going to let me know definitely when he left—but as I haven't heard any word to the contrary I presume he's gone. Received word from Hedda Hopper that George Van Pelten (Lt. j.g.) was married on May 18 to Ensign Grace "Pug" Eales of Fall River, Mass. They were up in New Hampshire for their honeymoon and then Van returned to his post at Sampson Navy Hospital and Grace to Norfolk for her discharge. "Mike" Frothingham, another lawyer-to-be, is at Yale Law School and says he'll be glad to see anybody that gets down that way. He can be reached at Room 2514 Sterling Law Building. I've received word from Elsa Maxwell of the marriage of Fred Geller to Marjorie Haywood on June ist in Oswego, New York. Fred was in Hanover the same weekend I was—but you know those honeymooners, I couldn't get his attention all weekend. Drew Pearson tells me that Bill Baker, out in Springfield, Illinois, is President of the Baker Lumber Company; George Benz, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas; Orm Birkland, in Denver, Assistant Buyer, May Company; Dr. Sam Bullock in Washington, D. C.; Other Class Doctors are—Jim Capps, Frank Dain, Jim Ewing, Ralph Higgins, Bob Liming, Warren Taylor and Fenton Lane. Jim Knoepfler, out in lowa is attending Law School at lowa City while down in Arlington, Va. we have Jack Pfeiffer, an Assistant Air Mail Revenue Auditor, and over in Roachdale, Indiana there's John Robinson, a farmer—yes, we have men in all walks of life, even insurance! (Plug for Stockwell). Just got word straight from Walter Winchell that dot-dot-dash-Tom Ellis is a law student at the University of Virginia: Alan Grant carpenter, Hanover, N. H. and N. Peter John' son, Sales Promotional Division, Cadmus Books Agency in New York City. H. V. Kalten born tells me that "Mike" McCormick is a Home Office Representative for the John Hancock Life Insurance Co.; Dan O'Connor Radio Broadcast Engineer, is going great guns in Amarillo, Texas, and John Smedley is a newspaper reporter with the United Press

That about closes up the column for this month, except for two items. First, please please send me some news—vacation items' marriages, births, etc. and especially some pictures. Really, I've got to have something or this won't be any column—this is your column, our column, so how about you doing your part, I'm doing mine. Drop an item on a penny post-card, take two seconds. As for the reunion, well, it is definitely off for the ist weekend in August, but I've been making lots of inquiries and have checked with the college with the net result that it looks pretty definitely like we're going to have a '43 get-together sometime in September. Not as elaborate as the one originally planned, but lots of fun anyhow. The particulars will be in the Class letter which you should have received by now. I'd appreciate any suggestions that might be offered—and let's hear from anyone that wants to come,—Let me know right away so we can make the necessary housing arrangements.

See you next month.

RECEIVING BELATED BACHELOR'S DEGREES at this Commencement were these eight '42s. Front row, left to right. Swift C. Barnes, Jr., Dietrick Lamade, John Tiernan and Frederick W. Slack, jr.; back row, left to right, Jerry Tallmer, Chester W. Ray, George C. Fuller and John M. C. Olsen, Jr.

AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1943 to receive the bachelor's degree at this year's Com- mencement were, left to right, Elliot C. Taber, Jr., Raymond E. Colby, Robert D. Brown, William A. Chi* cote, Charles C. Coffin, Jr. and William D. Bulloch.

Secretary, 11 Eliot St., Belmont, Mass.

Treasurer, 4 North Park St., Hanover, N. H,