1921
The closing date for the Alumni Fund is June go as probably everybody knows by now, but it's still a fact that if your contribution is not in by that date it won't help our total a bit. Rog wants us to stress again that what you give is strictly between you and your conscience, but that you do your bit toward boosting '21's ratio of participation and before June 30, is a responsibility of ours. Rog reports that gifts and pledges are coming in rather slowly, but with a good many increases over last year, and as we go to press the class is in third place in the Green Derby. Some of the gang, we know from experience haven't given in the past because they felt their contributions might be too small. Don't let that stop you....just do what you can and help the class get in the upper bracket of participation where we belong.
This will be the last time we'll see you until fall, for the MAGAZINE is reverting to the prewar publication schedule of a July issue de- voted to reunions and skipping August and September. There should be a lot of news in October, so send it along and tell us who you saw and where you went during the summer. Before we leave, a word about questionnaires; it has been suggested that we send duplicates to all who haven't sent them in. There just aren't enough of them to do that, but if yours is mislaid, a postcard to me (with some news I hope) will get you one by return mail. A real pressure campaign is planned on the forgetful brethren this summer. How many of you are like George Frost, "planning to do it yourself almost any day." How about today?
An informal Reunion in Hanover sometime in June is in the making if enough are interested. Randy Childs is in charge of the arrangements so write him at 104 Ray St., Manchester, N. H. if you want reservations.
The Class had two tables at the Dartmouth Alumni Association Dinner in New York on April 16. Attending were Dud Robinson, OrtHicks, Herrick Brown, Dan Patch, Rog Wilde,Harry Chamberlaine, Bud Helmer, FrankLivermore, Doug Stover, Ken Yeaton, TracyHiggins, Bill Alley, Larry Nardi, Bob Loeb,Abe Weld, Bill Codding, Bill Barbour, War-ren Homer, Skinny Moore, Coot Carder, CliffHart and Jack Hubbell. Rog Wilde came in from Chicago and Ken Yeaton was down from Darien, Conn. Johnnie Sullivan and his boss were expected but they were grounded in Washington by a low ceiling and never got in. (Penn RR please note, potential customers). Cliff Hart was on the committee which ran the dinner and his office turned out the table markers designating the classes. He also announced the results of the contest for "Class best represented" on a percent basis and presented the cup to Ernie Earley whose '18ers took the prize. Rex and Mrs. King were in Florida and he missed the dinner but returned just in time to start running a longlines switchboard on a fifteen hour daily hitch during the strike. We suspect SumnerPerkins was probably working out on about the same basis.
Harry O'Malley couldn't make it because his third daughter, Jean, arrived on April 5. Congratulations from' the class, Harry. KenYeaton who was, with us freshman year and headed for Phi Bete until the army got him, is Comptroller of a Children's Aid Society. Ken is married and lives in Darien, Conn. The gang were sure glad to see him after all these years. Doug Fay and Stan G'orham expected to attend but something slipped, and BillTerry planned to fly down from Montreal where he had to be on business but was grounded by the gunk. Dr. Niel Forbes over in Astoria, L. 1., had office hours, guess the heavy birth rate this year kept him away. A goodly '21 representation was expected at the Dartmouth Long Island Club, Green Key Dance at the Garden City Country Club on May 5, but only Gladys and Clif Hart showed up. A '21 party with golf, Softball and swimming is planned for this summer. Bill Alley likes to tell about his operation, during which he taught the surgery nurses to sing "As the Backs Go Tearing By" while Ernie Wilcox up front proceeded with the alterations. Quite a picture! Ort Hicks, expects to fly to Europe soon on business for MGM. Helen Diane Chamberlaine, daughter of Harry and Helen Chamberlaine was married in April to Laurence Willis Lucas Jr. in the Presbyterian Church of Rye, N. Y. Helen attended the Roycemore School, Evanston, Ill., and Bradford Junior College. Mr. Lucas was with the Navy in the Pacific theatre and attended Westminster College. They will live in St. Joseph, Mo., after a wedding trip to North Carolina. May 21st was Dartmouth night at the Boston Pops and a goodly crowd of '21ers and their wives had dinner together at the Hotel Gardner and later enjoyed the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Dartmouth Glee Club.
Twenty-four sons of '21 fathers, and three '21 members of the Dartmouth Faculty got together for an informal supper at the Inn Ski Hut in Hanover on Friday evening May 2. There was no formal program and no speeches but a lot of good fellowship. Ray Mallary was not only present, he was the proud father of Two undergraduate sons. The Mallarys departed later for their farm in Bradford, Vt., for a further informal family reunion. PhilNoyes was unable to be present but his two boys were on deck (no wonder Phil Sr. gave up teaching!) George Harris was up from Manchester, N. H. The faculty members were George (the succinct) Frost, Professor of English and presently editor of the Smoker, who was Chairman of the Entertainment Committee and welcomed the guests with a few well chosen words, Joe Folger of the Romance Languages and Jack Hurd, Professor of English. George read a letter from TomCleveland who couldn't come because of a Father's Day Celebration at Briarcliff College he was attending with daughter, Connie. He wrote in part, "May their college days be as happy as ours, with greater accomplishments in the field of study than most of us could boast, with the further hope that their own classes will stand as high as 1921 in the history of the College."
Sons present were Charles R. Bailey Jr. '49, Duluth, Minn.; James C. Bassett '50, Fargo, N. D.; Frank E. Bateman '49, Lexington, Mass.; Kenneth E. Brown '47, New Rochelle; Norman W. Crisp Jr. '49, Nashua, N. H.; Hugh G. Cruikshank Jr. '49, Englewood, N. J.; John A. Densmore '50, Burlington, Vt.; John W. Embree III '50, Chicago, III.; George B. Harris Ill, Manchester, N. H.; Orton H. Hicks Jr. '49, Great Neck, N. Y.; Richard E. Kerwin '50, Oak Park, Ill.; William B. Lambert '5O, Buffalo, N. Y.; Raymond DeWitt Mallary Jr. '47 and Richard W. Mallary '49, Bradford, Vt.; Robert E. McConaughy Ill '50, Salt Lake City, Utah; Warren D. McKay '49, Mystic, Conn.; Edward W. and Phillips A. Noyes Jr. '50, Marion, Mass.; Thomas M. Ruggles '5O, Marblehead, Mass.; Daniel F. Ryder Jr. '49, Waterbury, Vt.; Herman W. Schulting III '46, Passaic; Carll K. Tracy '48, Buffalo, N. Y.; John W. Wheldon '46, Newton Centre, Mass.; Roger C. Wilde Jr. '49, Winnetka, Ill. Through an error Eugene F. McCabe Jr. '50, son of our Gene, was not known to be in college when the invitations were issued and we're all sorry.
Marion Folger, who did such a grand job at our 25th, played the title role in George Bernard Shaw's Candida in the Robinson Hall Little Theatre on April 23-25 th in Hanover. Dick Hart whose questionnaire we're expecting momentarily says he hasn't seen many of the Chicago gang lately as he works outside of town. Which reminds us that the news from the faithful in the windy city has been very sparse lately, Wilde, Embree, Price,Thomas and Mac Donald please note. MannyManchester in commenting on our possible delivery date for the Class Books says 1963 will be more truth than fiction, if we don't get some action. While we all are sorry BillCodding had to give up the "SMOKER" temporarily, thanks to George! Frost it is going to reach you regularly and maybe during the summer when the column is out of circulation he can use it to keep you posted. GeorgeHalsey is majority leader of the G.O.P. dominated Westchester County Board of Supervisors. He represents Peekskill, where he dwells and operates his law office. Learned from Al Dickerson who saw Joe Lane in Chattanooga recently that Joe Jr. was stricken with encephalitis, but happily he has completely recovered. Lucille and the children have been in Florida where Joe Jr. was convalescing. Ort Hicks apparently has a rival. Howie Slayton, oil tycoon of Keene, N. H„ and Mrs. Slayton reached the finals in the N. H. Contract Bridge Championship Tournament in April. Howie was also elected on the Board of Directors of the organization. On his recent trip to Sun Valley, Randy Childs reports seeing Phez Taylor who has a law office in nearby Hailey, Idaho, the county seat.
Prexy Tom says we are planning a fall gettogether in Hanover at the Penn Game, so save the date. Add Tom Norcross to the Coordinating Committee.
Just as we go to press, word has been received that George L. Booker passed away recently. He had been living in Jacksonville, Fla., but no details are yet available.
So with a few address changes we depart until next fall, with best wishes for a great summer: Lt. Col. Roland C. Batchelder 0-169934, Rhd. Commander, Caserta Railhead, APO 512, c/o P.M., N. Y. C.; Ellwood H. Fisher, 22089 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights 22, Ohio; Merrill E. Shoup, Golden Cycle Bldg., Colorado Springs, Colorado; Russell G. Miller, Edgewood Valley Country Club, Box 70, La Grange, Ill.
Roy G. Pollard, known to the class as"Polly," died on May 5 in Proctorsville, Vt,,where he owned a store and conducted an insurance business. After graduation he becameSecretary of the Burlington Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and in 1927 joined the NationalFire Insurance Co. of Hartford. From 1927 to19139 he was in charge of insurance for theElectric Bond and Share Co. in New YorkCity. The funeral was May 7 in Proctorsville.Notice of "Polly's" passing came just as thenotes were going to press and further detailsare not available now. He was a good Dartmouth man and a loyal classmate.
Rog Wilde is planning to be in Boston at the Statler the week of June 16 attending the Catholic Hospital Show where Simmons Company exhibits. He will be in Hanover from June 20 through the 22nd and will then move on to New York for the New York Furniture Show from the 23rd to the 25th. While writing to us about this Rog also sent the following statement:
I have been poring over the names of the class this evening and wondering why so many who regularly give to the Alumni Fund have not yet sent in their contributions. Probably, I should not worry too much about it because if the returns this June are the same as they were a year ago, about 130 men will have sent in their checks by June 9. From then till the books close June 30 the rush begins to get gifts in under the wire. There were 112 contributions reecived last year in the last three weeks of June for a grand total of 242.
When the roll of contributors to the Alumni Fund is published this year in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, I hope the name of every man in 1921 who reads this will be there. No one should hesitate to give because what he can afford may be a small amount the .size of the gift is not reported —because giving something is tangible evidence of the interest of Dartmouth's Alumni. The college needs this expression of loyalty as well as it needs our financial support.
Remember, the Alumni Fund closes June 30. Obey that impulse, write your check (payable to Dartmouth College Alumni Fund) and mail it to Hanover or to any of the Class Agents. Do it NOW!
AN INFORMAL SUPPER BROUGHT TOGETHER DARTMOUTH SONS OF 1921: Twenty-four second generation '21s and five members of that class met early last month at the Ski Hut. Front row, left to right, George Harris '50, Norm Crisp '49, Hugh Cruikshank '49, Rog Wilde '49, Bill Schulting '46 and Marsh Whelden '46. Middle row, Bill Embree '50, Tom Ruggles '50, Dick Mallary '49, DeWitt Mallary '47, Ray Mallary '21, Phil Noyes '50, Ed Noyes '50, Carll Tracy '4B and Ken Brown '47. Back row, John Densmore '50, Dick Kerwin '50, Jim Bassett '50, Warren McKay '49, Ort Hicks '49, Prof. George L. Frost '21, Prof. Joseph B. Folger Jr. '21, George Harris '21, Charles Bailey '49, Prof. John Hurd '2l, Frank Bateman '49, Dan Rycfer '49, Bill Lambert '50 and Bob McConaughy '50.
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