1925

The class of 1925 sure is busting into print these days. One of the most entertaining bits was a page layout in .the New York Post onBob Misch who was billed as "A Huckster with a Soul." The piece tells how Bob, who is vice president of the Al Paul Lefton advertising agency, is also a warm human being, which is very unusual for a huckster. It relates how he wrote a child's book called AtDaddy's Office (a more crass type of salesman would have called it "10 Easy Ways to Have Fun at Daddy's Office FREE").

Bob, it chronicles, is a gourmet and founder of the Wine and Food Society, an eager worker for Americans United for World Government, an ex-captain of fencing at Dartmouth ("still springy"), a critical buyer of his wife's hats and a Christmas greeter who bought a minute of time on a radio station to put on the "Misch Good Will Moment." All in all it makes Bob sound like a wonderful guy—which he is!

Ford Barrett writes from Spokane, Wash., that the Dartmouth gang out there enjoyed the visit of President and Mrs. Dickey. He also reports that Ken Montgomery comes through Spokane two or three times a year for American Power and Light and that Will McLaughlin lives about 60 miles North of Spokane and is working for a government agency. Ford now has four children—two boys and two girls—and speaks very highly of the "Great Northwest." He has just been elected President of the University Club there and has his own real estate business.

A flash from Colombo, Ceylon—mailed six months ago—tells us that Dave Ames is working as an "oil merchant" with Standard-Vacuum Oil Company out there.

A note from Brice Disque says: "Have you mentioned that Ralph Thompson is now reviewing books for Time. I saw him at the Dartmouth Club the other evening and he seemed fit as a fiddle."

The parents of Dr. Chick Robinson recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home in Maiden, Mass. Doctor Robinson is one of seven children, all able and talented. An older brother—Henry Morton Robinson—is one of the Editor's of The Reader's Digest. The family owns and operates one of the largest wholesale florist businesses in the East.

One morning recently we saw a picture of Jack Per-Lee in The New York Times with the announcement that he had been made a vice president of Lord & Taylor, which is one of the country's top department stores. We tried to get a picture of Jack for the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, but he's so modest that he wiggled out of it. Jack has been in the department store business ever since he graduated.

Two '2sers are now vice presidents in the same organization. Lou Kimball has just been made vice president in charge of operations of the Colonial Radio Corporation, a whollyowned subsidiary of Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., and Bob Bishop is now vice president in charge of sales for Sylvania.

Editor's Note: The secretary of 1925 might have added the following vice presidential item too:

Bill Griffin '25 has been elected a vice president of the J. Walter Thompson Co., the world's largest advertising agency. Bill first joined the organization in 1933. During the war he was with 0.5.5., planning intelligence and guerrilla warfare operations in the Balkans. At present he is responsible for the creative work on such advertising accounts as Ford, Standard Brands, RCA Victor, Pan American, and several other large advertisers.

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