1940

The post-bellum difficulties of keeping a little spirit alive in the Class of 1940 seem to have come to a head this fall. It isn't lack of interest in Dartmouth or even the Class, else how account for our Alumni Fund participation, the turnout for the games, the paying of dues, etc. But the secretary's mailbag (for nearly a year now) and the turnout for class parties is, to state it as nicely as we can, disappointing. The heralded Boston affair before the Harvard game, which entailed a lot of time and effort on the part of Gordon Wentworth to make the arrangements, fell through at the end because of the miniscule number of reservations he received. At the moment of writing, we're holding our fingers crossed for the shindig planned for the Cornell game, since the same situation exists there. The New York crowd, of which there's none larger in the Class, has foregone all plans for parties this tall because o£ lack of interest. Chicago, at last word, was scheduling a get-together, but the old enigma, Cleveland, still sits without any '40 action. This is more than just to complain, for that certainly is pointless, it's to ask you birds, particularly you who are located near those centers where '4o's dwell in some number, what the hell to do about it. We've always thought that this was a top bunch of Dartmouth men, who always want to keep up the old associations.

To illustrate the point, two gatherings of Dartmouth men this fall were attended by the following: at the Vermont fall meeting, AI McKernan, Ray Kantor and the secretary showed up; Dartmouth Night in New York found Charley Power, John Allen, BobO'Brien, Chet Garrison, John Burnap, BillWebster, Tex Meyer, Gerry Torborg, HarveyNoll, Jamie Thomas, Marty Rubin, Bill Daniels, Chet Ferguson, Bud Hewitt, George Johnson, and John Manley in attendance.

While the game lists read something like this: Harvard—Dan Sullivan, Howie Akerly, Rick Davidson, Jack Fitzgerald, Harry Hoyt, Don Rainie, John Burnap, Larry Keeler, Deane Freeman, Kneeland Swenson, Page Smith, Tom Todd, Tom George, Ted Gates, Sid McPherson, Ron Woodberry, Lloyd Blanchard, John Allen, Mickey Miller, Joe Bird, Larry Cate, Staff King, Gordon Wentworth, Red Herman, and Chet Brett; YaleJohn Moore, Walt Kelley, Lee Brekke, Ed Baumer, Dave Davenport, Ray Dau, Clint Clad, E. Teare Browne, George Johnson, Vic Bloede, Bud Hewitt, Harry Midgley, Art Mountrey, Howie Marshall, Les Nichols, Cal Sterling, Earl Kochersperger, Johnny Schneider and Welles Seller.

A couple of weeks ago we dropped in on legal-eagle Don Rainie down in Concord, who has solved the apartment problem by leasing some space which was about to become vacant following eviction proceedings brought by his firm. Don holds the bass section of the Concord Band together while understudying his father as leader of the outfit, and manages to see most of the nearby Dartmouth games as well as stay on top of his first year work in the Rainie law practice.

The complained about mailbag contained, this time, the news that: Our Hollywood mainstay and representative at large to the radio industry, Jack Rourke, may be seen in Columbia's forthcoming "When a Girl Is Beautiful." Jack has the role of a radio commentator in the opening scene, so get there early.

Classmates turning out to see Jack Little into matrimony were Bob Hartmann, BudHewitt, Chet Garrison, Walt Kelley, JamieThomas and John Moore.

George Brinley has been appointed a special agent for the state of Maine, representing the Boston and Old Colony insurance companies. Hell work out of Portland, where he has established a new office.

The 1940 contingent out in Tulsa, as reported to us by the Dartmouth Club secretary there, is made up of Bill Broome, working for Stanolind Oil & Gas in the personnel department; Paul Goodwin, employed by Seismograph Service Corp., "exploratory engineers"; and Bill Grimshaw.

Johnny Baybutt has turned up with the Boston section, and a designation of commodities broker."

The Class records growth, this month, with the additon of: a daughter of AI McKernan's, born in Brattleboro in October; Sarah Hovey of Seattle, engaged to Howard Wriggins (now doing graduate work in international relations as Yale); Virginia Cook o£ Syracuse, New York, engaged to John Manley; Kristian Grimshaw, daughter, as of October 18, of Bill', and Willis Kempe, son of Werner, born September ao, down in Richmond, Va.

Werner is working for Rochester Ropes, a wire rope concern, in Culpepper, Virginia, suh, which is, "believe it or not, a first-rate, up and coming industrial organization right in the heart of the horse country."

Secretary, 16 Elm St., Montpelier, Vt. Treasurer, 42 Congress St., St. Albans, Vt.