1918
A note from Stan Jones:
Met Dusty Rhodes and in the course of a long gabble on politics, Dusty revealed a bitter memory. This in brief ran as follows: "One summer, when I was in college at summer school," said Rhodes the Dusty, "I had a Professor McConaughey as teacher. This man and I got along all right," continued Dusty, the sun striking coppery glints from his thick, wavy hair, "until one certain morning. He asked a question, which nobody seemed to be able to answer. He roamed 'round the room and finally his eye lit on me—cowering in the back row.
"'Now'—said this fellow, and very obnoxious he was, too, 'we shall have to put this question to Rhodes,—the Oldest Living Undergraduate of Dartmouth College. Hahaha!'—I looked him right in the eye. I boiled. I didn't answer him because (1) I didn't know the answer, and (2) rage choked my throat. But silently, I put a curse on him—The Curse of Rhodes. The curse that no man has ever survived. Naturally, I followed the career of McConaughey with great interest—often from great distances. And what do you think happened. I'll tell you: To my immense satisfaction, McConaughey left Dartmouth shortly after. He left to go to Wesleyan—as President. Imagine! I redoubled the Curse.
"Several years later, when by rights he should have been kicked out and dropped from the sight of man, I read that he had left Wesleyan. He went into politics. And imagine my revulsion when he ran for Lieutenant-Governor of Connecticut—and got elected! I put a Triple Curse on his head. The Curse that killed Hitler."
Rhodes spat and a sour expression flitted across his classic Grecian features. "I picked up the paper the other day," he said, "and what do I see? I see where this McConaughey is running for Governor of Connecticut. They say he will probably get himself elected, too. It's enough to shake a man's faith in himself, isn't it?" We said indeed it was, and Rhodes ambled off down Madison Ave., spitting fiercely through his teeth into the gutter.
Chairman Dick White of '18's 30th ReunionCommittee (that's June '48—only 17 monthsaway) has worked out a national network ofmany committees on which you may be asked to serve. Dick hopes to surpass, if possible, the all-time high of enjoyable reunions so ably Chairmanned by Tom Shirley, last June.
Class Dinners, N. Y. Bowling After—3rd Wed. in month—Jan. 15, Feb. 19, March 19. We're trying to enviegle '17s N. Y. contingent to practice up for a play-off with '18's champs on March 26th.
At the Harvard Dartmouth Game at Hanover. Stumpy Barr had thoughtfully arranged a cocktail party at the Green Lantern Inn, enjoyed tremendously by the 50 men and wives who attended. Helen and Lew Cousens popped in for a brief visit together with a half dozen Boston couples who were weekending with country Squire Lew at his estate in Walpole, N. H. Others who attended in addition to Ethel and Stump Barr, and Barbara and Harvey Hood, all of whom graciously performed as host, were Louise and Stew Burns (Bill Christgau enjoyed seeing him so much), and son Keith, the successful hosiery manufacturer in Franklin, N. H.; Betty and Herm Smith and son Leonard; Ruth and Jake Bingham—who never fails in sending us some class news before the 8th of each month; Hittie and Reed Montgomery, the Boston beer baron, who never fails the class with refreshments for Reunions and who was accompanied by son Tommy (and wife) in residence in Fayerweather Hall. Thelma and Jack Slabaugh, faithful followers of the football season, were at Hanover and also saw the Cornell game. Rumor had it that Jack was seen at the Cornell game with a new woman whom he claimed was the same old wife. She looked younger than could be possible and dripping with jewels and silver foxes; but the alarming thing this reporter saw was Jack running up the cement stairs at the stadium and he wasn't looking for a drink. Fearful of a libel suit, this reporter refused to write this news to your secretary but preferred to give it in person.
Bill Christgau was at the Harvard game with four delightful guests, also Charlie McCarthy, TomShirley and son Bobby, Jean and Ed Booth, Marion and Fat Rowell, Margaret and Sy Svertsen, DickHolton, and Dave Garrett who put up at Squire Dave's Allanstown, N. H., farm, where we dare say Marion was awaiting the first freeze before heading for N. Y., Kath and Eddie Fergoosen, the sturdy Trustee of the Webster St. Realty Trust, and always a faithful news-gatherer; Bub Frost, back in the spot he loves so much, Gertrude and Sime Gordon and Doris and Phil Sanderson.
Also attending the Harvard game were Al Rice, Hazel and Doc Ed McDowell, (and Jake Bingham says about Hazel, "She's a welcome lady to our ranks") who brought along from Plattsburg a friendly competitor and his wife, Dr. and Mrs. Farrington, a graduate of Harvard Medical, who maintained a very discreet silence Bee and AlGottschaldt brought along Casey Bevin '19, and his wife, who left proclaiming his well justified intentions of transferring to the class of 1918. PeteColwell and the good '19 Sect. Ken Huntington stopped off at the Lyme, N. H., farm to visit with Beckie and Al Gottschaldt, and engaged in a heated discussion of the football situation at Hanover.
From Needham Heights, Mass., some thoughful '18er sent us a clipping about our grand Hubie McDonough, for 26 years Coach of Manchester Central High School. The clipping reads, "After 26 years Hubie McDonough is retiring as Coach of Manchester Central to resume his new duties as Asst. Head Master at the same school, and the gang from north of the border are giving him a banquet at the State Armory Saturday night Central played its last game under Hubie's tutelage on Thanks-giving, and won 34-14 Between halfs of that game, the Haverhill Head Master presented the veteran Coach with a silver pass to all of Haverhill High athletic events Hubie's best stretch at Central was back in mid-twenties, from 1923-1928. .... He had undefeated teams in '23, 24, 25, 27, and '28.... The '26 team lost only one game.... This record wasn't posted against soft competition either for Hubie always scheduled top teams." .... Those who knew Hubie in college knew he couldn't help but some day write his name in gold on the records—we all salute you, Hubie.... From Rep.Clint Carp ell, "My wife Helen was killed in an auto accident in No. Andover, November 6—struck by a car. We met at Dartmouth in summer school in 1917. I'm keeping right on here." The class wishes you strength and courage, Clint, to carry on in your fine work.
Jake Bingham reported seeing Mel Weston at the New England Council Luncheon and the Boston attorney was his usual keen self..... From FrankFiedler, Ottumwa, Ia.,—"Enjoy reading the familiar names—wish I could see the faces—out here where Dartmouth men aren't. Still in the hardware business and really busy." .... We received a delightful letter from Capt. Paul Mather, who is retiring as of January 1, and his description of Puerto Rico seems so enticing that we thought other '18ers might like to take a winter vacation there. His letter reads,
"We had a splendid trip down there—and it did us the world of good—above all to have a reunion with our grandchild and his parents. It was truly virgin territory for Mary and she enjoyed it to the utmost. Our daughter and her husband are stationed at Borinquen Field, on the northwest end of the island—overlooking Mona Passage. It is lovely there and the youngsters are fortunate in having comfortable quarters, pleasantly situated. They have their own cocoanut palms and lime trees—and while help is not too good, it is cheap—althdugh they only work an eight hour day—They are conveniently situated to the Officers Club, the Post Exchange and restaurant, movies and library. Of course we think our grandchild is the 'smartest kid on the Station' and as might be expected, we had a grand time with him. We toured the northern end of the Island, and on the way home spent a few days in San Juan, sightseeing, stopping at the Hotel Condado—It is quite gay—the rum (and other liquor) is excellent and the food, at least the native types, stimulating. Then they have plenty of gambling and if one has the money, roulette is guaranteed to thrill. It is interesting to see and hear of the number of Americans who have gone down there and are exploiting native industry. Also, it is interesting to see the number of commercial air lines that are flying in and out of San Juan—22 I am told. Many are fly-by-night concerns and probably won't survive competition, yet it makes one realize that the air freight business is here to stay."
From Hort Chandler, November 15, "Regarding brief note about me in Nov. ALUMNI MAG., it is a bit too brief and thereby says more than it should. I am Asst. to the Pres. of the New England Gas and Electric Assn. Service Corp. (officially NEGEA Service Corp.). Said Pres. being an entirely different individual than the prexy of the ASSN, both are fine men to work with. Expect to take in the Princeton game." .... Sorry we didn't see you there, Hort Others seen at the Princeton game were Bill Wales with a load of blankets (and where was Betty, Bill?), Bill Christgau, Ann and JohnnyJohnston, (Ann looked mighty sweet with her yellow chrysanthemum), Kathryn and Ev Young,Fete Colwell, Dick Holton, Stan Jones, Cort Horr and Dan Shea. .... From Hal Day, Buffalo, N. Y. —"In Oct. I was transferred to Genl. Sales of Amer. Radiator and Standard Sanitary Co. in the position of Field Manager. On my first trip West, I had breakfast with Em Salisbury in Minneapolis. Last time I saw him was 1917." .... We had the pleasure of greeting Helen Howard (Russ's attractive daughter) a Cornell grad, who was headed for Germany to meet her husband whom she married in June—a mighty, mighty smart gal," .... A nice note from Charlie Kozminski says to give best regards to Syl Morey and Al Gottschaldt George Murphy promised to show at the '18 bowling parties in N. Y.—looking forward to seeing you, George Legacies in Hanover are jumping over the traces—Lew Pound's boy went Deke— Syl Morey's boy and Hugh Whipple's boy both Theta Chi—Ned Ross reports that the Dekes have their customary quota of football players—nine— says Ned.
Here's a fella's got the right idea for the cold winter months—a card from Swede Cleveland (Postmarked Hanover but signed St. Pete, Fla.)— "Want a boost my ego, as it were, so here goes. Shipped my forty-foot yacht, Liggett built (1926) Cheri Vallee down the river on the Federal Barge line on Tuesday of this week. Will meet the yacht in New Orleans and pilot it over to Central Yacht Basin, St. Petersburg, where the family will spend the winter aboard until April or May. The dock is Pier A, slip number 8. Would be glad to see any '18ers—Put the 12-year-old son into Mirror Lake Jr. High School while there. His name is Leigh. Still married to Grace R. Cleveland." '18ers will know where to roam while on their winter vacation to find a familiar face We were glad to hear Bennie Mugridge say that Frank Harrington was one of the star attorneys out his way and has a huge practice (no fees for this, Frank). .... From HermWhitmore, December 1, "I got a line on Paul Whitman the other day—and understand he is working for an oil company in France, and was given the following address: Rue Severes, Niort, France. Couldn't get any line about how he got thru the war. Had an unusually fine visit with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wright, at their ranch in Deeth, Nevada, this spring. George Stoddard covered his story very well in one of the Alumni issues, so I can't add much. They were most hospitable to us, we spent the night in the guest house, and had steaks when steaks were just not around. This ranch house lies at the foot of one of those beautiful snow-capped Rocky Mountain ranges, and we got a great thrill out of the whole visit, plus the pleasure of seeing Bill and his family. Recommend to all a stopover at Seventy One Ranch, in Deeth—run by a swell host and hostess." ....
1 Time will tell whether or not '18s N. Y. bowling contingent will lose their much beloved star, One- Pin-Champ from their ranks—for the following card came in from Ru Hesse—"Yes, Fred Cassebeer finally stepped off! Yesterday (11/30) he clasped the hand of Miss Marsha Cowan of this city once too often. A minister and 16 witnesses were watching, so it was ruled legal. As best man, I had tied his knees together lest their knocking become too audibile. They were married at Mt. Kisco, N. Y., and will make their home in Blauvelt, N. Y., in a bed of iris." .... And so goes the last lone holdout, except for Wart McElwain—and who else? .... We had delightful cocktails with Helen and George*Carpenter, who spent the Christmas holidays back home in lowa where Nancy, George Jr. and Sally were all back for the Yuletide season. George, who was a partner in crime with Killer George Stoddard in the last war, looks more youthful than ever before, and very '28ish. With mouth dripping, he referred to the lovely party out at Ann and JohnnyJohnston's and the wonderful steaks they had (Johnny has a deep freeze and at the drop of a hat they'll spread a banquet anyday) Sally Carpenter, now at Connecticut College, spends 6 months of the year at Fox's Dept. store in Hartford, putting into actual practice the theories learned at school, and a mighty cute gal we'll say.
From good old F. DuSossoit Duke, "After a year in Athens, Greece, as Foreign Director of Greek War Relief, am now back with my partners in advertising agency of Day, Duke & Tarleton at 270 Park Ave., N. Y. Hope to have one son at Dartmouth next fall and the other a year after that." .... Al Rice swung on a Dec. business trip around through Detroit, wanted to ring Fat Hardy again but Fat generously persists in paying all bills and getting you as fried as a coot.—Al reported the Broadway star, daughter. Rosemary, was on the air with Fred Allen Carolyn Dockstader and George, Treas, of the N. Y. Shellac Assoc., and daughters Nancy and Carol all turned out for the Association Big Christmas party on December 17— but at this writing, George, the only classmate owning his own bowling shoes and ball also, threatened to appear at the N. Y. '18 Bowling party the night after, if the morning after wasn't too rough. Will he make it? Dock has a lovely office, tastily decorated, and keeps on expanding his activities.
From that old parley-vousing hockey star, GerryGeran, December 1. "Consider yourself honored, or at least favored, with my first letter of the month! Why is it that I feel inclined to tell you (uninterested as you are) so many of my more serious thoughts, and yet take a lighter vein in laying them before you. All this is due to the fact of your acting as the baiter (not de-bater) at that session when Baron (Barren) Mugridge and "Spike" Pur year exchanging ideas on the means to be adopted (at this late date—locking the barn after the horse has departed) to 'dangle' as a reward so to speak, that outmoded prize called a 'pension.' If you recall the icy stares with jaws dropped, which I drew from Mugridge and Puryear (self-qualified judges) when I suggested that the way to get production and contended employees was to guarantee their economic stability right now, and not wait 20 or 30 years hence to prove a promise which employee or company may never live to see fulfilled." Maybe the guaranteed annual wage will solve the whole problem, Gerry.
Fund Contributors for 1946
286 Gifts (Participation Index 95). Total gifts: $15,568.41 (148% of objective). RICHARD A. HOLTON, Class Agent.
1918
Anonymous Anonymous by Class of 1917 member Aishton, Richard A. Angell, Cyril N. Arnold, George C., Jr. Axtell, F. Donovan Badger, Lester B. Baldes, Raymond C. Baldwin, Murray A. Ball, Eric T. Barnes, Swift C. Barr, Donald L. Barrett, Raymond L. Bates, Stanley R. Belding, Hiram H., Jr. Bemis, William H. Benesch, Charles L. Bennett, Homer C. Bickford, Ralph D. Bill, E. Gordon Bingham, James C. Black, Lyman H. Blanchard, William, Jr. Blandin, Amos N., Jr. Bliss, Don C., Jr. Booth, Edmund H. Booth, Edmund M. Boynton, Philip F. Breed, Melvin F. Brown, Leslie M. Brumby, William L. Bryant, Thomas B. R. Burgess, Lyman T. Burnham, Brainerd C. Butts, Edward, Jr. Cameron, Henry M. Campbell, Thomas P. Cann, Howard G. Carleton, Fred P. Carpenter, George C., Jr. Carpenter, James S. Cassebeer, Frederick W. Chandler, Horton L. Chisholm, William Christy, Francis T. Clahane, Francis J. Clark, Eugene S. Christgau, William R. Colbath, William E. Colby, Willoughby A. Colie, Frederic R. Collins, Henry J. A. Colwell, Robert C. Cooley, Richard L. Coon, Mortimer F. Coulson, William H. Cousens, Lewis H. Cowan, Leo Crothers, W. Mandell Cunningham, J. M., Jr.
D'Ancona, Harold J. Daniels, Clifford L. Daniels, George E. Dart, Raymond H. Davies, Marshall Davis, Donald C. Davis, George G. Davis, George M., Jr. Day, Harold C. Dessau, John H. Dockstader, George H. Dodge, Leon T. Dolson, Joseph H. Donohue, John B. Doolittle, Marshall C. Doty, Harold B. Drake, Lyman M., Jr. Drake, Robert A. Draper, John R. Duffill, Herbert E. Dutelle, William M. Dwyer, Edward R. Earley, Ernest H. Eastman, Harold A. Edson, Dwight J. Elder, William F. Ellis, Harold O. Emerson, Edward F. Emerson, Lloyd F.1 Erwin, J. Paul Farmer, Warren A. Felt, Edmund J. Ferguson, Edwin Fiedler, Frank G. Fish, Robert Frost, Carlton P. Fuller, Walter T. Garratt, David L. George, Oscar Geran, George P. Gerrish, Paul H. Gleason, Howard F. Glendening, Harold S. Glos, Walter A.2 Glover, William C. Gordon, Ellis3 Gordon, Simeon L. Gottschaldt, Allan C. Granger, Lester B. Gray, Daniel C. Gustafson, Alford V. Hardie, Francis C. Harrington, Frank A. Hart, Orrin T. Hatch, Ellis J. Hazen, Edward E. Healey, Edward F. Hesse, Henry R. Hill, Homer B. Hilliker, Charles E. Hobbs, Louis H.
Holton, Richard A. Hood, Harvey P., 2nd Horr, Cortland B. Howard, Russell S. Howland, Roger L. Howley, Paul C.4 Hulbert, William C. Hulbert, Woodward D. Hull, George R. Huntoon, Louis H. C. Hurlbut, John B. Hurley, Raymond J. Hutchinson, Karl F.5 Isbell, Charles W. Jones, Charles C. Jones, Kenneth W. Jones, Stanley B. Jones, Thomas R. Johnston, Harold A. Jordan, Jacob W.0 Kendall, Albert H. Kennedy, Horton P. Kirkpatrick, N. W., Jr. Knapp, Norman G. Knowles, Robert S. Kozminski, Charles Kurtz, Wibur F. Langley, James M. Leavitt, Marshall W. LeFevre, Jay Leland, Maurice A. Lininger, Homer D. Macßean, Hector W., Jr. Mcßride, George C. McCarthy, Charles T. McCoy, David E. McDonough, Hubert B. McDowell, Edward S. McElwain, Leicester K. McEwan, George McMahon, John J. Macau lay, Donald M. Mader, C. Edward, Jr. Magoon, Mayo McK. Mahoney, Stephen P. Markey, Gene Mather, Paul L. Meaney, Cornelius D. Meredith, Clifford L. Merrell, Leslie C. Merry, Frederick B. Mills, Clarence H. Mills, Clarence H.7 Miner, Paul S. Montgomery, T. Reed Montgomery, William J. Morey, Sylvester M. Morrison, Robert F.8 Morrison, Robert F.9 Morse, Emerson G. Morse, Fred W., Jr. Moyer, Paul E. Mudgett, William A. Mugridge, Clayton F. Muther, Herbert C. Mytton, James A. Nelson, Wailter H. Noone, Byron M. Norton, Ralph G. O'Connor, Edward J. O'Donnell, John E. O'Gara, John E. Olney, Max H. Oppenheim, Henry L. Opper, Clarence V. Palmer, Charles F. Park, Howard M. Pepin, William R. Phillips, Charles L. Piper, Allison N. Poole, Geraild A. Poole, Lyman C. Poole, Parker Pope, Lawrence F. Pounds, Lewis C. Proctor, Thomas W. Prowattain, Ivan Puiyear, Edward E. Quincy, Josiah E. Rau, Frederick L. Rayner, Balmer J. Reilly, Peter W. Reuling, F. Harold Rhodes, Russell Rice, Albert F. Richmond, Edward G.
Riley, Lawrence H. Robbins, Thomas B. Robinson, H. Langdon Robinson, Howard S. Robson, Archibald C. Rood, Kingsland T. Rosenfeld, William 1., Jr. Rosnell, John E. Ross, Andrew S. Ross, Edward M. Ross, Walter S. Rowell, George B. Ryan, Robert R. Salisbury, Emmett D. Salisbury, James M. Samuels, Fred E. Sanborn, John W. W. Sanderson, Philip H. Sargent, Dwight S. Scully, Donald B. Seacrest, Joseph W. Serafin, Peter J. Shaw, Edward P., 3rd Shea, Daniel F. Sheldon, Neil O. Shellman, William E. Shirley, Thomas E. Sibbernsen, Albert H. Simmons, John A. Skinner, David L. Slabaugh, Harold W. Smith, Herman L. Smith, Ray W. Smith, Russell Y. Snyder, J. Donald Southwick, Melvin L. Sperry, Paul A. Stanley, Edwin W. Stoddard, George C. Stone, Benjamin Storrs, John W. Straus, Martin L., 2nd Street, Albert B. Strout, Alan L. Syvertsen, Rolf C. Tarbell, Raymond P. Tarrant, Thomas R. Taylor, Walter N. Teaze, Stewart J. Tokarczyk, John Tout, A. Russell Tower, Clarence E. Tripp, Curtis C. Tusting, Philip F. Van Raalte, Julius R. van Zelm, Henri B. von Kapff, George R. S. Wales, William C. Wallis, Lawrence B. Warbasse, Lawrence H. Warner, Roger Weston, Charles F. Weston, Melville F. Whipple, Hugh S. White, Leon E. White, Richard P. Whitmore, Herman Wiley, Walter B. Willand, Walter G. Wilson, H. Warren Woodruff, George H. Woolworth, Richard M.10 Wright, William B. Young, B. Botsford Young, Everett T. Zabriskie, Allan J. Zulick, Arthur L. MEMORIAL GIFTS FROM:1 Anonymous.2 Thomas W. Proctor '18.3 Cousin, Simeon L. Gordon '18.4 Sister, Miss Mabelle A.Howley.5 Clifford L. Daniels '18.6 Louis H. C. Huntoon'18.7 Anonymous.8 Mrs. Edwin J. Morrison.9 Mrs. Robert F. Morrison.10 Father, Felix M. Woolworth.
RECEIVES CITATION. Joseph W. Seacrest '18 of the Nebraska State Journal was recently awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the University of Nebraska Alumni Association.
Secretary, 74 Trinity Place, New York 6, N. Y. Treasurer, Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, N. H.
