1929

Thanks to Willsie Judge Brisbin's midsummer issue of Twenty-Nine Up, you have already heard the final results of the Alumni Fund and Duke Barto's Bourbon Derby, but before that major project is dismissed for another winter it is the wish and pleasure of all of us, I am sure, to raise our voices in a series of wah-hoo-wahs for Duke, Beedie and the regional agents: Bill Keyes (West Coast), DickBrown (Michigan), Al Benjamin (Chicago), Bill Strangward (Ohio), Freddie Ingram (West Pa.), Bob Austin (New York City), Squeek Redding (New England), Gene Davis (Conn.), Phil Fitzpatrick (Upper New York), Bill Page, (Midwest), Percy Russell (Washington, D. C.), Carl Bertch (East Pa.), and Wen Barney (the South). In passing, it may be reassuring to you to know that such of our stalwarts as I have seen lately appear none the worse for wear, even old Judge Brisbin, whose eye for beauty and appreciation of figures are undimmed.

The "peach" of a little girl that Larry Lougee is boasting about, according to Beedie's last report, is named Ellen Christine. She was born June 25, 1947, weighing 7 lbs., 9 oz.

The boys seem to be having girls this summer: Herm Liss' daughter Lucy Savage was born August 4; Al Finlay finally had a girl after three boys; and Dick Barrett's Louise Grant made it three in a row when she joined her sisters, Pat, 8, and Sue, 6, on August 12.

Then, there is "Bobbie" Sparks, whose announcement in the form of a theater ticket takes first prize:

'The Stork Theater. 508 Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, Conn. Bob and Andie Sparks present 'Bobbie' Sparks as The Latest Edition, July 7, 1947, 7:25 P.M. Directed by Clifford Mills, M.D. Costumes by Nature, Music by Nursery Chorus. The Management reserves the right to cancel performance if star is sleeping. Weight, 8 lbs. 9 oz. Hair, Baldy."

Thanks to the summer theater Charlie Gaynor was rediscovered last July at the South Shore Players, Cohasset, Mass., where his very successful revue "After Hours" had a long run. It was an all-Gaynor show, Charlie having ing written and composed the entire thing. As for the man himself, there just is no change at all. Eighteen years haven't greyed a hair, creased the brow or added a single inch to the waistline. Charlie allowed there might be something stirring for him on Broadway if the signs could be relied upon.

A call requesting recommendations for an attractive Boston hotspot came from WaltSherwood, who was stopping over on a vacation trip. He admitted being a stranger unable to find any of the old places he had frequented as an undergraduate. He was directed to Don Dudley who arranges and plays for one of Boston's leading orchestras.

Gordon Lord, City Solicitor, Concord, N. H., has been appointed Merrimac County Probate Court Justice.

Maury Mandelbaum is back in Hanover this fall as Professor of Philosophy. He leaves the position of Chairman of the Philosophy Department at Swarthmore, where he had been a member of the faculty since 1934. Maury taught biography in Hanover in 1931-32. During the past year he held a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Another '29 addition to the Hanover scene this fall is Bob Monahan, who returns as Forester of the College Grant and General Manager of the Dartmouth Outing Club. How this came about Bob wrote recently:

"It's a long story, Bill, but I suppose that it really goes back to our days at Dartmouth twenty years ago when President Dickey and I became acquainted because of our mutual interest in the outdoors. In the meantime I've put in fifteen years with the Forest Service and fully expected to continue in a life career, because I have enjoyed a variety of interesting assignments and am now well established in a busy western region, which incidentally was once in charge of another Dartmouth alumnus, the late Paul G. Redington '00.

"But after long talks this winter and spring with the President and Judge McLane, I decided to accept the College's offer. The opportunities at Hanover were not to be denied and you may be sure that I look forward to the future with keen anticipation:

"Personal service to the College is a real challenge that few- alumni could decline, and I am certainly not among that small So it's back to Hanover about September 1 to join the 1929 delegation now holding forth back there."

Ollie Holmes and Squeek Redding are making arrangements for a Class Dinner the night before the Harvard game, Friday, October 24, this in conjunction with the Boston Alumni Association's revival of the Alumni gathering the eve of the Harvard game. The party will be at the City Club. Full details will be mailed out to all those in the New England area in due course. If any of you brethren from the hinterlands are coming to Boston that weekend, please let me know so that we can send you a special invitation.

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