1929
By the time you read this the telephone strike will probably be long over and all but forgotten by all but the likes of Duke Barto, whose roles as management negotiators and wheel horses kept them on a revolving stage twenty-four hours a day, Sundays and holidays included. Thinking that some of us who just use telephones occasionally might be able to give some relief to the fellow who makes the bells ring, an offer to help get the Alumni Fund under way was sent by mail to the beleagured Duke. His immediate acceptance was underlined by the plaintive explanation "The strike's got me!" So all of Duke's welllaid plans to keep on top of this year's Alumni Fund and rouse out the same momentum that carried the Class so far along the way to its goal last year are suffering a grievous postponement. All of which brings these lines to their brief point: No other class at the present time has as compelling a reason or justification for a growing sense of continuity of purpose as we have. No other College gives its alumni the same opportunity to exercise that sense than does ours. Such an attitude of mind toward the College, and the appreciation of her needs that it stimulates, provides the momentum, or at least the ready energy for the momentum, for such causes as the Alumni Fund. For as simple a reason as this there can be no hesitancy that each one of us will do his full best according to his own circumstances. Nor can there be doubt in any of our minds that what we did well last year we will do better now.
A very welcome letter has just been received from Gerry Updyke who passes off his wartime internment in Santo Tomas as old news, any detailed description of which, he said, would of necessity be prejudiced and of no useful purpose now. From Bogota, New Jersey, he writes:
"We are finally back again in that narrow strip of land between Canada and Mexicothat piece of real estate that looked so good to us a few years ago from inside of Santo Tomas. I actually don't have much to report. After we were rescued from Santo Tomas my wife came home immediately, but I was 'tough and could take it' so I stayed out there with several others to try to get the company under way again. We succeeded quite well so far as the company was concerned, but I personally found that I was in worse shape than I had thought, and finally last summer I was forced to return to the States for reasons of health and have been recuperating ever since. Malnutrition with all its complications is a vicious thing! However, I am feeling much better again and hope to get back to work before many more months have passed.
"At present we are sparing no effort to obtain legislation which will make the Japanese assets in this country available for payment of damages we civilian internees suffered to our property and health. I think we have a thoroughly legitimate claim. After all, for obvious political reasons we Americans in the Philipnines could not be officially warned to return to the United States, and as a result we were interned for thirty-seven months and lost everything, including in many cases our lives, or at best our health. We're not looking for sympathy—we just got a bit tired of being pushed around and robbed by the Japs."
Archie Crowley has been Rector of Grace Church, Lawrence, the largest industrial parish in the diocese, since July 1937. Before that he served there as curate for over two years until he succeeded his predecessor, the Rev. Raymond A. Heron, when the latter became Suffragan Bishop of the diocese. Archie's practical approach to matters and his knowledge of the problems arising between capital and labor are highly valued throughout the diocese.
A postcard from Charlie Goldsmith, postmarked Cape Town, admits that this is about as far south as he can go. Charlie is on an extended tour in the interests of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Evan Turrell is controller tor the Kaufman Store in Richmond, Virginia. Prior to joining that organization Evan was with the Columbia Recording Corporation of Bridgeport, Conn, and Price Waterhouse & Co., certified public accountants.
Gil Griffin married Sevilla Cross, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Lowell H. Cross of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, February 15 at the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City. Gil is associated with the American Chain and Cable Company. He is an ocean racing enthusiast, having sailed in a number of Bermuda races.
Prof. Ben Leavitt of the Department of Biology of the University of Florida is busy and enjoying his new position. He boasts of having two or three graduate students working on interesting problems—one of quail and one of bass (leave it to Leavitt). He has a fairly heavy teaching load because of the G.I. expansion of the University to about 7,000 students. He and his family are comfortably housed temporarily at Keystone Heights, which he says is a wonderful place for the kids but a little too far for easy driving.
At the Dartmouth Alumni Dinner in New York on April 16 the following 'agers were present: John Dickey, Bob Austin, Jack Yellin, Frank Middleton, Charley Maskey, Ed Walsh, Ellie Cavanagh, Jimmie Cavanagh ('51), Hairy Enders, Herb Ball, Litt Johnson, Jack Hubbard, Jim Hodge, Levon Nahigian, Russ Goudey, Bill Andres, Bing Carter, Gus Wedenmayer, Jerry Swope, Larry Lougee, Matt Rock, Ted Baehr. A picture of Ellie and his tall Class-baby son, Jimmy Cavanagh, was taken at the dinner. It was hoped that it would be available for this issue of the MAGAZINE but unfortunately it has not come to hand as yet. The matriculation of the class baby with next fall's entering class suggests a certain strain of philosophizing which we won't indulge. It does, however, highlight the fact that children do grow up; for instance, Bing Carter's oldest daughter is sweet sixteen.
Herb Ball makes the following report of progress:
"On April 1, 1947, I resigned as assistant to the Chairman of the Board of the Pal and Personna Blade Companies and was appointed Associate Counsel of American Home Products Corporation, which is the parent management company for Wyeth Incorporated, Ayerst, McKenna & Harrison, Whitehall Pharmacal Company, American Home Foods Inc., Boyle-Midway Inc., International Vitamin, etc.
"We have some 28 U. S. companies, 10 Canadian and 20 foreign manufacturing everything from Anacin, Kolynos toothpaste to 3in-1 Oil, Plastic Wood, Black Flag, Old English Wax, G. Washington Coffee, Duff's Mix, Burnett Vanila, Clapp's Baby Food, BiSoDol, etc.
"Am still living at the Dartmouth Club and hoping to find an apartment."
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