1923

A welcome letter from George Broadley discloses that he is teaching at Pennsylvania State College, is still living in single harness, and hopes that one day some occasion will call him to a college teaching spot in the West. We remember with a lot of pleasure levelling off a bunch of the north country hills with him during '22 and '23 in his souped-up Ford.

Ralph Duffy, after six years as Alderman on the City Council of Worcester, Mass., says that he will not be a candidate again. Duff is a member of the State Republican Com- mittee, and his withdrawal from active city politics is a keen disappointment to many of his townspeople. Civic-minded as he is, it's our guess that he'll continue devoting a large part of his time and energies to the many charitable and civic institutions in whose support he has played a leading part for so many years.

Sons of 1923 now at Dartmouth were guests of the class at a dinner held at Hanover Inn on March 21. The Irishman and Dean PudgeNeidlinger were the speakers, so it's certain that 1923 has acquired added lustre in the minds of the new generation on the campus. If any class chairman has done more batting around the country in the interests of his group than Irish, we'll add a second name to our list of Best Class Chairmen.

Brooks Palmer has been appointed 1923 class adviser to the Dartmouth Club of New York. It's a liaison job on which Brooks is to pass along to the Club helpful suggestions from Class members. If you have any suggestions, just tell Brooks and he'll see that they reach headquarters in stimulating form.

Caught Lew Putnam at the Club some noons ago, on the run. He's with the Barre and Chelsea Railroad in Montpelier, Vt., and we're checking into reports that he's recently taken on new responsibilities with that line.

Herb Behan has been appointed manager o£ the life, accident and group department of the Travelers Insurance Cos., office in Providence, R. I. Herb has been in the insurance business since Hanover days, is married and has two children: a son, 18, and a daughter, 17-

Eddie Lynch hit the gossip column in a recent issue of the Minneapolis Daily Times. The swell-looking gal who writes it tells an amusing story of Eddie's breathless attempts to keep up his end of a log-sawing deal in the Minnesota woods with a 77-year-old farmer. Which goes to show how a few postwar months in the investment business can break down that rugged Navy conditioning.

Because Cap Palmer states his case muchbetter than I could, here is the text of Cap'smost recent letter:

Fulton Lewis cut loose on me last Tuesday, and one result has been more mail and wires than I can reply to in the feasible future. Some of them are from classmates, and hence I wonder if you can help me out by carrying a line or two expressing my claim that Lewis inverted my real views by quoting a six-year-old book out of context: somewhat in the manner of dropping the first two words from the sentence, "No decent Southerners approve of lynching."

The fact is, my beliefs revolve around the same focus they always have—the maximum of freedom for the individual, consistent with living in groups. I dislike labels, but for the last sixteen years that belief has been called conservatism. Incidentally, Lewis knew the facts before he let go, and this blast against another conservative is a form of cannibalism. But I've been plastered by PM, too, so maybe Lewis is just trying to strike a balance.

I would appreciate a couple of lines to reassure the boys who showed concern that I'm not yet writing for the Daily Worker.

Here are some newsy excerpts from GeorgeWeston's latest letter:

Attended Winter Carnival this year .... ran into Mike May and his fine wife, also Babe Miner and his family .... getting accommodations was easy as my father-in-law has a beautiful old house in Norwich, Vt., which he and his wife have completely restored. Had the good fortune to see JackTaylor a week ago. All the local boys—Charlie Cowley, Go Bliss, the Pope twins, Hal McKenna George Ferguson and Babe Miner—are well and now working on their second million. HowieBrown is just completing a marvelous new home. .... Howie even traveled with a sleeping roll into the wilds of N. H. and Vt. to bring back old panelled fire places and seasoned lumber for his job.

A jackpot of news, George: thanks a lot!

There's only one dissident voice so far in the voting on 1923 Carnival Queen Mary Warren s escort. Those in favor of Stan Richmond are George Weston, Sherm Baldwin. The one vote for Dick Willis '22, is cast by Cap Palmer. Guess Stan is elected, as George Weston says, "I should know, as I was one of three judges who picked her for Carnival Queen." But if you don't remember or don't even want to hazard a guess on the question, knock out a line anyway and give us some news on any other subject—preferably on yourself. So long for now.

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