1914
SNOW-BIRD REUNION
Beginning February 16 and increasing to its peak flight on the 20th, the annual migration of the snow-birds to the plains of Hanover took place in unprecedented proportions. It is an old saying, "that the early bird catches the worm." Whether Jack Couriers got worms with two feet of snow on the ground, is not known. But when the writer, in company with his wife, Charlie and Jeannette Batchelder, arrived on the 20th, Jack was found comfortably seated in an arm chair surveying all that took place, with much the same air of boredom as the summer resort native watches the influx of city sports. The Sissons and Farrisees were out for the moment, but quickly returned, as did Everett Barnard, to open the formal Reunion in Room 101.
After dinner, Conners and yours truly, climbed six flights of stairs in search of young Dellinger, without results, except that the writer, all out of breath, marvelled at the ease with which Conners, convalescing from pneumonia, passed off such simple exercise, with hardly an increase in pulse.
If you are ever fortunate enough with a group of classmates, to receive the hospitality of Dave Heald, the Inn manager in his room, you will be lucky. Dave is the perfect host, and most of the men enjoyed Dave's description of the Hanover Ski School, and the Ford Sayre Memorial, together with his many anecdotes It was a free-for-all evening as far as story-telling went, and strictly stag. Thanks at this point to Dave's wife, for the delightful refreshments served. Were it not for Dave, Dell Ives, Sally Bishop and George Butler, we could not have had the weekend we did. They were all constantly solving problems, offering suggestions and answering queries, and we want them to know that their efforts were appreciated. The Herb Austins, and, of course, the Remsens, added to the evening's pleasure.
Friday morning it was snowing, and rumors began to fly of a crippling storm to the south, with trains delayed and roads blocked.' We really did begin to worry! Your treasurer and secretary went into conference with Harold Rugg, Alex Laing, and Charlie Widmayer regarding the Class Memorial Book Plate, and gifts to the Library, at which time most of the bugs were removed. A full story will appear in a future issue, probably May.
Apparently heavy storms have no effect on snow-birds, because early evening found everybody but Don and Mrs. Cook on hand; they did not arrive until 2:30 A.M. Bill and Mrs. Barnes and Ted and Marion Main wired regrets, much to the disappointment to all of us.
At six o'clock, the sons began to gather in Room IZ. Nineteen o£ them, but Hank Barnes and Don Cook could not stay to the dinner. Hank left with the wrestling team for Springfield, and Don, with the Barbary Coast Orchestra, for Montpelier. We have never had a Father-sons night, before, but this was not the last. Any father who missed it, has our sympathy. Eighteen men, seventeen sons, and two guests sat down to a lamb chop or swordfish dinner. President Mart said a few words of greeting. The boys were introduced and were then told by our very modest and retiring treasurer, why the famous Class of 1914 is famous. Jim Heenehan sounded a serious note in a short but excellent address, and was immediately followed by the guest speaker, Pit>f. AI Foley '2O. If you know or have heard Al, it is sufficient. If you have not, the writer's courses in English were insufficient to permit him to describe Al's inimitable wit and humor. No better choice could have been made. The class had reserved Room 12 as a gathering place: many of the boys stayed with us for a while in the evening. The gang collected in 12 and was still there in diminished numbers until ???????.
Thanks to the hospitality and thoughtfulness of Madeline Piane, the girls were entertained at the Outing Club during the sons' banquet. John and Madeline had only recently returned from New York, with the flu. John was able to be with us, but Madeline was still in bed, although ably represented by Kathleen Remsen, who took over as hostess. All reports were of a delightful evening, and the gals were more than appreciative.
For record, the following attended the sons' dinner:—
Dick Davidson, Red Davidson, Neal Gilbert, Howard Curtis, Jack Harlow, Bruce Castle, John Sisson, Jack Dellinger Jr., John Conners, Rosie Hinman, Buol Hinman, Dick Pritchard, J. C. Pritchard, R. E. Field, Chick Grant, Jim Healy, Charlie Batchelder, Bill Farrisee, M.I.T. '21, Al Grant, Rufe Sisson, Jack Conners, Win Snow Jr.,. John Piane Sr. and Jr., Dick Barlow Sr., and Jr., Bob Curtis, Herb Austin, Ducky Drake, I and 11, Jim Heenehan Sr. and Jr., Ham Barnes, Mart Remsen and Al Foley. Among the missing sons were, in addition to Cook and Barnes, Sanford Pooler, Bob Flanders, who was studying for a Medical School exam, T. McCallum, Gordon Sleeper, T. Larmon, and M. Barrett. The committee regrets that not being notified of the presence of the last three, we did not know they were in Hanover. It was our loss, and we hope, theirs.
Saturday, word came that Rocky and Mary Flanders could not be with us, but Bob Noble did show up the last minute, and promises to bring his wife next year. The day was spent informally, until five o'clock, when the class was entertained at cocktails, by the Remsens, followed by the Snow-Bird Dinner "behind the blinds" at the Inn. In addition to the classmates already mentioned, there were at the dinner, Grace Grant, Dorothy Sisson, Lena Farrisee, Del Ives, {Catherine Hinman, Mildred Pritchard, Elizabeth and Don Cameron, Jeanette Batchelder, Warner and Katherine Bentley, Alene and Charlie Widmayer, Al and Mrs. Dickerson, Wally Roach, Clara Falkner, Pudge Neidlinger, Mrs. Harry Cook, Mrs. Herb Austin, Louise Kimball, Marian Drake, Sid Hayward, Mrs. Barnard, Professor Morse, Mrs. Morse, Mrs. Haywood, Jay and Mrs. Gile, Kathleen Remsen, Bill Barnard, and, of course, John and Mrs. Dickey. There was lots of venison, there were plenty of pheasants, the wine was excellent, and the company was perfect. What more could be asked? Impromptu singing was lead by Barlow and Sisson. There were no speeches, but President Dickey did talk very informally for a few moments, to as appreciative an audience as he ever had. His words are unrecorded but the memory lingers on. Following the dinner, Reunion movies were shown in Room 12, and at some unrecorded hour, early Sunday morning, the party ended.
A few address changes: Rear Admiral Arthur H. Deering, U.S.N., (M.C.), District Medical Officer, Federal Office Bldg., 90 Church Street, N. Y. C. 7; James R. Gould, 15th Avenue, N. Y. C. 3; Paul Howe, Northford, Conn., Bus. Conn. Tel. & Elec. Div., Great American Industries, Meriden, Conn.; Lawrence F. Barsaloux, 14 Broad View Terr.Granville, N. Y.; Paul L. Aplin, Box 631 Tallahassee, Florida; Theodore Main, 118 Central Park Drive, Holyoke, Mass.; John H.Field, 845 Hanna Bldg., Cleveland 15, Ohio.
String Howe is sales engineer with Connecticut Equipment. Although his furniture is still stored in Syracuse, he and Dot are living with an elderly woman in Northford. Lyman is at Cornell, in electrical engineering. His daughter is Mrs. Stanley E. Murray, lives in Glenn Falls, N. Y., and is bringing up, "a beautiful granddaughter of mine." We recommend Dr. James Shields Roscoe DeWitt has been making several trips to Florida on a couple of hospital jobs. Thought Florida was wonderful until the freeze. Roscoe does not like freezes, either the big ones in Hanover or the little ones down there wonders whether it is low metabolism or a South Sea Island .fixation Rosie Hinman, back from Florida, has a beautiful tan Ev Barnard had a cluster of gals about him most of the time at the Snow-Bird Reunion only reason was beautiful samples of cashmere yarn. Ev got a lot of orders—the rest of us are trying to figure out what we can take for samples next year, so that we can be popular, too Stubby Johnson is very active as secretary of the Connecticut Dartmouth Association How many sons can you pick out in the Father-sons picture, without referring to the name—no question about Win Snow Jr., in the front row, but how many more can you pick out?
February 26th found the Dartmouth Alumni Association having its annual meeting at the Copley Plaza, in Boston. Approximately a thousand were present, and heard the report of President Dickey on the state of the College, and listened to an intensely interesting talk by Frank Wallis '25, on the Nurenburg trials. Wallis, a trial lawyer for twenty years, had been one of the prosecuting attorneys at the trial, and held his audience spellbound. Twenty Fourteeners sat down to dinner: Aborn, Austin, H. Barnes, Batchelder, Brown,Burleigh, Drake, Gregg, Hall, Hallett, Kimball, Lawrence, Maddelina, Newmark, Potter,Rice, Saltmarsh, Stratton, and Woodies. It was a real surprize to see Mat Hallett, who was joyfully welcomed by all of us. Mat took the prize for farthest distance, North Carolina, with Howard Potter, second, from Augusta, Maine; but of course a hop down to Boston is nothing for Hod, with a Dartmouth dinner at this end.
Sorry we have so few notes on individuals, but this month has to be devoted to Reunions. Jack's News Letter pretty well covers the outstanding points, in spite of the preponderance of illness.
-New York Class Dinner, March 21st, The Dartmouth Club, John Hanna, speaker.
Pay your class dues, give to the Alumni Fund, and then we will leave you alone, with nothing to do but read the news.
THE ANNUAL GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY REUNION OF 1914 brought the above turnout of 'l4ers and 'l4er sons to dinner at the Hanover Inn. Front row, left to right, John Sisson '47, Buol Hin- man '46, Bob Field '43, Winthrop Snow Jr. '49, John Piane '5O, John Dellinger '46 and Dick Barlow Jr. '4B. Second row, Jim Heenehan Jr. '43, Secretary Wallace Drake, Treasurer Rufe Sisson, President Mart Remsen, Class Agent Jack Conners, John Piane and Alan Grant Jr. '43. Third row, Prof. Al Foley '2O, Ernest Kimball, Red Davidson, Dick Davidson '5O, Howard Curtis, Bob Curtis '5O, Dick Barlow, Neal Gil- bert '4B, John Harlow '5O and Chick Grant. Back row, Everett Barnard, Hazen Hinman, Jim Heenehan, Don Drake '46, Dick Castle '45, John Pritchard '43, John Conners '5O, Herb Austin, Jim Healey and Dick Pritchard. Other 'l4 sons in College, but not pictured are Sanford Pooler '5O, Henry Barnes '5O, Don Cook '5O, Bob Flanders '4B, Gordon Sleeper '45, Jay Larmon '47, Em Barrett '44 and Bill McCallum '5O.
Secretary, 88 Sea Street, North Weymouth, Mass Treasurer, 26 Garden Street, Potsdam, N. Y.
