1945

Well, I guess Tyler and myself have been about as useful, in a productive way, these last three months, as a couple of worn-out left hand gloves. However, if we can slide you boys back to your snappy letter-writting habits of during the war, we promise that from henceforth the gears will mesh, the wheels will turn, and we'll pop out with some sort of drivel on these pages every (or 'most every) month. We hope both that you boys will read the months' rehashes and that you will pass on to the above address (note it's a new one!) all pertinent news about yourselves, your classmates, and your families.

We have a letter full of information from the Aegis with the wish that we set down some of the enclosed information in this widely-read column; so here it is: all men who wish copies of this year's Aegis to be delivered C.O.D. near the end of May can obtain same for $10.50 (or by a minimum deposit of $2.00). Checks are to be made payable to "Aegis," and the address is Box 221, Hanover. There is no mention in the letter as to what the publication will contain; we assume that pictures of grads and non-grads (dead or alive) are not to be included, but we are told that '45's still in Hanover will have their pictures included. Mayhap the Aegis editQr will clear up some of this doubt for us.

We see by the paper that Bob Beetham is a part-time Economics instructor at Dartmouth; well, we guess somebody has to understand that stuff. Bob served 53 months in the Navy, part of the time on a sub-chaser, and he came out an Ensign.

Jim Doole, ex-Marine and Big Green hurler, is engaged to Patricia Valentine of Chelmsford, Mass. Funny how these pitchers retain an interest in curves. Stan Luce plans to marry Frances Dudley Alleman of Hingham sometime this summer, by which time Stan will be thru in Hanover. Craig Cain, of Chicago and Thayer School, was married 'way last December to his steady old flame, the former Jocelyn Mason, of Westport, Conn., and Wellesley. Keg is evidently working in Chicago, but of this we are not too sure. Ed Harte, the Texan, was married in Hanover (on Feb. 8) to Janet Frey, daughter of Professor Frey of Tuck School and a teacher herself after graduating from Bennington. Ed and wife will stay in Hanover while Ed works for the ClaremontDaily Eagle.

Well, er .... ah .... because I'm starting to run out of material and this battered old portable is starting to act up again (those are the only reasons—honest), I am forced to write about myself a bit (hateful task) and then shut up. On March first, Nichols was married in Longmeadow, Mass., to Phyllis (Terry) Gould of Shelburne Falls and the Springfield Hospital. Vic Smith, fraternity and Thayer School brother, was best man, and we take pleasure at this opportunity to laud him to the skies. He was one terrific best man, and we have no doubt that five minutes after this publication reaches 50,000 intelligent homes, he will be swamped with opportunities to serve in similar capacities all over the country. May even become his life work; who can tell? Anyhow, we (Gould and myself) got away unscathed from scads of newly acquired in-laws (with gleams in their eyes) and had a very pleasant honeymoon thank you in Washington. We won't go into the beforehand detail and work involved in getting married, as all you married guys know about it and we wouldn't want to scare off you single guys, but it sure is a pretty nice feeling after it is all over and certainly worthy by all men to be received.

Let that be our thought for today, and leave us please everybody write ye ed; so we won't have to rattle on so to make it look as if we are saying something. Hmmmmmmm?

Secretary, 39 Mulberry Street, Springfield, Mass. Treasurer, Steele Chemistry Rldg., Hanover N. H.