1927
Perhaps someone has been reading this column for the past six months and may have noticed that for the first five issues we tried to create a little interest and maybe a touch of nostalgia by recording a few highlights from The Dartmouth of twenty years ago. We started this practice with some slight trepidation, fearing that a few touchy souls who still boasted narrow waistlines and a lush of hair might resent the reminder that they graduated from college some twenty years ago.
After sweating through these issues to pick out a few interesting tidbits and having received no comments either favorable or adverse, we decided last month that since no one seemed to be interested, we would postpone the pleasure of reading these now slightly yellowed journals until sometime when we didn't have to meet a deadline for the next issue of the magazine.
At the Dartmouth dinner, last month, in Boston, however, good old Shorty Oliver broke down and confessed that he had really enjoyed these reminiscings, so here we go again, and just maybe, somebody will write a letter saying they don't like them, so, we can stop, next month.
For some of you fellows who never took a cut at the Nugget, here's an ad:. "The Strong Man"—"He was booked in vaudeville for a weight-lifting act, but he fell for a beautiful dumbell. With Harry Langdon, Priscilla Bonner and Gertrude Astor. Also, "Midnight Follies," tomorrow: "Sorrows of Satan." What an education! Ty Cobb signs up with Connie Mack of the Athletics for a reputed salary of $60,000, as the College got all primed for Carnival and the Phi Delts and Betas won the third inter-fraternity bridge tournament. The Phi Delt team consisted of Joe Hardin and H. R. Stenteford, while the Beta team was composed of Hugh McGrath and Bob Riotte '26.
On February nth, The Dartmouth blazoned out with a pictorial supplement carrying pictures of Captains Hardy, Picken and Ballantine of the hockey, basketball and swimming teams together with a flock of ads aimed at the female contingent who had invaded Hanover for Carnival. The Co-op, claiming to be "Hanover's house of good neckwear" says: "Listen, girls—bet you don't dare pick your man a tie and make him wear it—how about it?" The usual list by fraternities of all the lucky gals who attended, and in the editorial column we find: "Who does not love wine, women and song remains a fool his whole life long." Martin Luther.
Dartmouth was in tie for first place in the basketball league as Charles Ponzi was brought back from Texas to Boston to face a jail sentence as a "Common and notorious thief" Phi Beta Kappa elected their second group of 1927 men, including Ken Andersen, Tom Anglem,Bob Barkelew, Woody Burgert, Dick BradleyFox, Owen Garfield, Ed Johnson, BrownieLangworthy, Bob Long, F. IV. Marsh, KenMeyercord, Lloyd Moulton, John Munro,Huck Norris, Fred Stubbs and Bob Voorhis.
Green basketball team takes league lead by downing Penn as Cornell defeats Princeton, Picken stars, while gym team defeats Princeton and fencers overcome Bowdoin. Dartmouth also gained a double victory in debating over Princeton and Williams with Rudy Preuss and Bob Reinhardt among the winners. AI Bliss,Don Megathlin and Captain Kortlucke starred on the gym team.
Green loses close basketball game with Princeton forfeiting first place in Eastern intercollegiate league as ten Harvard students are found guilty of disturbance of peace in riot with Cambridge police. Bill Cusack elected president and Sykes Hardy marshal of senior class as other seniors Lougee, H. P.Jones, Bartlett, Brush, Carter, Cleaveland,Clokey, Cummings, Josh Davis, Ham, Osborn,Long, Hitchcock, Edmonds, Whitney, EdJohnson, Lowell, and Pfanner start famous Mt. Washington climb. Certain members of that group are still looking for the lost ravine.
Don Gardner and Bunny Barde retain their boxing crowns in the heavyweight and 145pound classes respectively.
BACK TO THE PRESENT
On the evening of February 26th the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston held its annual dinner at the Copley Plaza. In accordance with our custom a goodly group of some 29 members of 1927 gathered for cocktails before the dinner. They included Johnnie Blanchard, Henry Hale, Bert Gustin, Jack Holleran, Bill Prescott, Charlie Bartlett, Bill Spinney, Joe Kelley, Tom Anglem, Phil Fowler,Kern Folkers, Rog Salinger, Don Gardner, JayWilling, Hal Low, Bob Hazeltcm, Larry Scammon, Bob Williamson, Charlie Paddock, JockDavis, Bob Sullivan, Chuck Burwell, BobPage, Paul Hannah, Bill Macaulay, EthanHitchcock, Shorty Oliver and your scribe. The largest group, we believe, of '27 members that has ever gathered in Boston and, we feel sure, a good time was had by all.
Practically all of those present assured us they would be in Hanover lor the Twentieth next June, so why don't you make it unanimous?
Your old treasurer, Gus Cummings, was in Boston a couple of week ends ago, picking up two members of his family who were up here while Gus was moving their goods and chattels back to Pittsburgh. Although he will scarcely admit it, Gus has had another promotion from the Koppers Company which takes him back to Pittsburgh to be in charge of the tar division of the company. Gus' older son, Harrington, graduates from Exeter this year and hopes to enter Dartmouth in the Fall.
Norman Page of Ramsey, N. J., has been appointed assistant vice-president of the American Express Cos. Norman joined that company after his graduation in 1927 and later became secretary to the vice-president. In 1937 he was elected Assistant Secretary, a position he retains in addition to his new appointment.
For his wartime services in the Signal Corps, Colonel Paul F. Hannah was presented with the Legion of Merit by Major General H. C. Ingalls, Chief Signal Officer, at a recent ceremony in the Pentagon. His citation reads, in part: "As Chief, Purchases Branch, he performed exceptionally meritorious services in organizing and establishing policies for procurement operations and in an exemplary manner rendered outstanding assistance in administering a gigantic war procurement program." Colonel Hannah, a native of Berlin, New Hampshire, maintains his residence in Lexington, Massachusetts. He is General Counsel for the Raytheon Manufacturing Company of Waltham.
We report with deep sorrow the deaths of our classmates Frederick D. Stubbs and Donald M. Woodworth, both of whom died early in February.
Ross Nichols and his reunion committee are doing a grand job arranging the details for our twentieth in June. Help them out by signifying early that you plan to be present.
Secretary, 501 Boylston St., Boston 17, Mass. Treasurer and Memorial Fund Chairman Box 101, Westfield, N. J.
