1918
As of March 26, Eddie Ferguson reported 94 men, women and children coming back to Reunion, which jumped to 146 on May 3, and by now may be well over 200 StewTeaze inquires about Hanover Holiday Doc Joe Quincy, Dorothy (Mrs.) and their daughters, Sally and Mary will be there Again we report Germaine and Hort Kennedy will be with us, all the way from Paris; also Bill Mudgett, all the way from Palo Alto, Calif Herb Duffill asks the address of Jim Salisbury, (Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N. J.) ... . appearing like Presidential candidate Taft, a snapshot was received of Lymie Black, who reports (1) plenty of hair and (2) that it's no use telling the Democrats anything—they know it all—and asks the whereabouts of Em Salisbury.
Sorry, but Gene and Russ Howard will not be at Reunion. Russ has had a tough winter; but they're all doing nicely now they reported a nice visit with Alice and Bill Bemis and their "charming daughter" while in the Cleveland Clinic.... also reported seeing Helen and George Carpenter, and attractive Nancy and young George recently. Doc Reuling and Margaret (Waterloo, la.) were in Hanover a few weeks back, also Carol and Em Morse.
At the alumni officers' week-end last month Dick Holton, in charge of the Alumni Fund for the entire college (second year), gave a forceful extemporaneous talk. As for last year, 277 '18'ers contributed $13,157 or an average of $47-49 each- Many '18'ers gladly giving $ 100 a year or more try to increase a bit each year for two reasons, (1) as the '18 quota increases each year gifts should increase and (2), it takes many gifts of $100 and $150 to offset many of $25. Dick adds, "a number of loyal regulars have been giving regularly the same amount for a number of years, and for this we are deeply grateful—and yet if they only realized that the expectant gift has been rising as the class grows older, then they, too, would increase their gifts a bit more each year."
Charlie Kozminski in New York in May and issuing a tennis challenge for old man Stanley Jones reports a very interesting 66day European trip arranged through his Travel Associates (room 448, Wrigley Building, Chicago, 111.). Lena Pounds reported accompanying sons Lewis and Arthur to a string of house parties. Said Lena, "to my way of thinking, there is no more hi ho in Hanover than when '18ers were there."
Mrs. Coulson thanks the class for the lovely flowers sent to Bill in April when he was going through a tough siege—he's doing fine now. At Reunion, June 18, 19 and 20, we will have as accompanying classes '08, '13, '19. '23> '33. '38 and '43 and '44,—at our 35th (imagine it!) classes '17, '18 and '19 will reune together (hold on till then, boys) We were delighted to see in a letter from JoeSeacrest to Dan Shea that he gave Dan a ring when attending the Associated Press meeting in New York as a member of the nominating committee. Joe was a great friend of our own Dick Woolworth and had planned rooming together when Joe's plans changed and he didn't come east again. Said Joe, "I'm in the newspaper business in Lincoln, Nebr.; also Chairman of the Board of KFAB, which is a 50,000-watt radio station and one of my babies; and this week we signed an application for a television station at Omaha. I have taken an active part in the Phi Delta Theta group in Lincoln, and do a lot of work with the U. of Nebraska on different assignments, anywhere from their football troubles up to their new University Foundation." .... Mildred and Hal Glendening enjoyed the lovely sunshine under the palm trees at the Marina Hotel, Key West, in Feb. Hal said they had wonderful food and took the lovely trip to the Keys in the early morning; the coloring of the water being simply gorgeous and all of Harold's aches and pains cleared up readily. Talking with Doc Noone, who was in Turkey a few years shortly after leaving Hanover, we learned that in the early days he ran across Red Hulbert in the Far East.
CLASS OF '18 wins the Attendance Cup atthe big New York Dartmouth Alumni Dinner on April 14. 'Twas the superb and agile prodding of the loyal nine getter-outers in the class who made it possible for '18 to outvirile the old men of '19 and the vigor of '23. Those loyal prodders over the past years to whom the class owes a debt of thanks are Bill Christgau, Pete Colwell, Curt Glover, RogHowland, Syl Morey, Al Rice, Ned Ross, RedHulbert and Paul Miner. Total attendance was 650, an average of 10 per class out of 65 classes, but '18 had 45 at the cocktail party prior to the dinner and 41 at the dinner. Upon acceptance of the cup for the class (recipient walked away unintentionally without the. cup), the following skit was read:
"The callow '19ers in manners were bare, Still claim we read poetry and play solitaire. They boast their capacity for spirituous pop, Their rugged physiques, and that sort of rot.
"But we are a bunch of fine feathered poodles, Assorted degrees and stuff in our noodles. We studied right hard and sopped up the knowledge And now in old age, we're playing Joe College."
It might well be that the prompting for the verses above came from this tribute paid to the class of '18 by our much beloved class of '19 in their April class mailing, which Pete Colwell calls "base libel by Jimmie Davis":
"In our last bulletin we noted that a rumor had reached us to the effect that there would be at Re- union a joint cocktail party between the classes of 'IS and '19. We have on hand a letter written to Mr. Huntington by Mr. Earley who secretaries that illustrious class. It is somewhat difficult to decipher what Mr. Earley uses for English but the gist of it seems to be that the class of '18 will have no part in any such proceedings, they being much too busy with their own reunion program, which includes some contests at double solitaire and the reading of poetry in front of the dormitory. The letter purports that this is a decision arrived at by Mr. Tom Shirley, Eddie Ferguson and this same Earley, acting as a committee of some kind. Whoever made the decision, however, we are not surprised, having harboured the firm conviction for 30 years that, individually or as a group, they would never dare to engage in any contest conceived to test their capacity for spirituous beverages."
Those present at the N. Y. City Dartmouth Al. Dinner (and news about same) are as follows: Dusty Rhodes (Stan Jones reports an all-too-short soiree at cocktails with rusty Dusty Rhodes, sloe-eyed Shamus Shea, LenaPounds, and M. O. Jones and the Earleys).
"We sat at the well-tailored knee of 1918's oracle of the drama for an hour or so, obtaining many sound opinions. Most people have scant critical basis or background. It's either 'Swell show!' or 'It stinks!' Dusty, fluffing his auburn hair now and then, divagated into the nuances, the shadings, the oblique motivations which routine viewers of the sock-and-buskin business overlook while licking their lips over some honeybun in the first row. (No Offense, Shamus. Looking never hurt a man.) Lena looked in the pink, wearing blue. Earley appeared a bit billious. Shea's eyes were that beautiful Killarney Blue so admired by ladies of dubious distinction, edged with cerise rims. The writer was in brown, from top to tongue. A good evening, so they said."
Red Wilson, looking fit for spring ploughing was there; also Herm Whitemore and Van Van Raalte. All hands were happy to see Ty Tyrrel, who has not been around for some time; Tom Tarrant, delighted with the cocktail party, and Phil Tusting. Good old Dan Shea was there .... Dwight Sargent looked in the pink.
Dave Skinner seemed to enjoy tremendously Judge (Pups) Colie's remarks to the effect that if ever his memory dimmed, he would however, always hold in his mind the picture of Dave Skinner representing the real vested interests of America Tom Shirley was wonderful to come down from Boston, and the big wedding of his daughter in June that will set Waban agog didn't seem to worry him—Jack Storrs was looking for Lewis Lee, who we hoped would be there—no one enjoyed themselves more than Ned Ross, who always thoughtfully tabulates those in attendance and is always most helpful Andy Ross certainly looked fine, as he got under way with the golfing season in his attempt to beat his wife Virginia (we meant at golf). .... Many spoke of how pleased they were to see Bill Rosenfeld who warmly invited others to his nearby apartment to have a nightcap on the way home—if he could have done so, we know that Judge Clarence Opper who came all the way from Washington (father, we understood, was a great cartoonist) would have liked to have brought along Dick White,Larry Pope and Whit McCoy Dutch Oppenheim, all the way from Albany, may well feel proud because son Henry is Pres. of his Freshman class at Bryant College.
Paul Erwin certainly looked rugged and healthy .... what a treat it was for everybody to see Eddie Ferguson from Boston and how well he looked! Everybody missed, and GerryGeran particularly remarked about it, SteveMahoney, Bennie Mugridge and Spike Puryear .... and was everybody happy to see Harvey Hood!
To Rog Howland, the class is indebted (and to other prodders, too) for filling telephone coin boxes over the years and thoughtfully prodding 'lB'ers to come out to these affairs .... tense and drawn from copywriting to a late hour, Stanley Jones then appeared in the doorway as a storm of squawks and cat-calls went up for his late attendance. Rodey's face lit up as he rolled into the embrace of everyone who was so glad to see him (daughter Nancy up at Columbia School of Journalism is doing a wonderful job) .... Johnny Johnston told about the wonderful trip he and Anne had in their lovely tan and green sport model Chrysler, driving down to Bel Air, Fla. Johnny seemed pretty perplexed as to where he could obtain yellow berets for themselves and Pete Colwell to put the final touch of oomph on the Town and Country model as it pulls into Hanover next week at Reunion time .... and back to the '18 room after the dinner, was good old Bob Knowles, offering to buy nightcaps for 'iBers, as a warm parting gesture. Syl Morey is reported by Rudy Preuss '2B to have a neatly pleated accordion rear, in case you must squeeze with Syl in a narrow area ('lB wives take note) We had a nice visit with George Davis, who remains rugged and fit despite his many responsibilities in New Rochelle on the School Board .... we recall bottoms-up with George Dockstader one of the busiest psychiatrists in New York, Dr. George Daniels, was out and everybody was glad to see him.
Everyone was delighted to see Judge "Pups"Colie who looked fit indeed because he and Rosalie skate frequently through the winter in Madison Sq. Garden——and simply beautiful was the abstractionist tie of healthy Pete Colwell, who's been '18's ambassador-in-waiting to the class of '19, where brother Harry does a swell job Fred Cassebeer certainly looked fit as always And no '18 group is complete until the universally loved Prank Clahane is in their midst Frank, you know, together with Walter Ross were two Phi Betes at the gathering out of a total of 17 in the class-—others being Wei Chen, Bill Chisholm, HalDay, Jack Donohue, Bob Fish, Hal Glendenning,Orrin Hart, Hua Huang, Al Johnson, John McDonough, Mayo Magoon, Larry Riley, Payson St.Clair, Lynn Seiler, and Dick White.
No '18 gathering is complete without Eric Ball (tried to get Tom Sturgess to come to N. Y.), whose father passed away in recent months, right in the harness as he had hoped he would. Eric's wonderful trip with Rose to Mexico and the west coast will be postponed until another year. Also present was George Arnold looking very fit after several weeks in Del Ray Beach, living near the polo field and was very sorry indeed he didn't look up Johnny Thayer. George recounted that somewhere during the war he landed on the SS Ancon and though he heard the Skipper was Paul Mather, he remarked that you just don't race up and slip him the grip like you would on the campus. Sometime later, Paul learned of this and made it very clear to George that he was disappointed he didn't look him up.
Tommy Bryant was pouring out local publicity for a town War Memorial, keeping the accounting books for the local kids' recreation organization, running for Committeeman in the third precinct, and with a bit of church Deacon-ing on the side. .... Bob Frost would have loved to have broken Doctor's orders and come to the party, but we'll see him at Reunion We missed Spike Puryear and were sorry to learn that his wife was not too well at the moment, but we hope she's much better now Johnny Simmons wrote—"tell my erstwhile schoolmate, S. B. Jones he owes me a drink, and I except to collect when I return from Daytona Beach early in June"—and last but not least, from Fat Sheldon (Schenectady, N. Y.; farm supplies, fuel, feed, seed, fertilizers, oil burners, and whatnot) came the telegram he couldn't attend but will see us at reunion.
We've heard of more scholastic miracles performed on boys by our own Bill Brewster at Kimball Union Sorry indeed was the writer and Dan Shea to have missed a long visit with BillMontgomery, who popped into New York looking as fit as the days he tumbled over the bars in the gym at Hanover—Bill was wearing his new ballearing pivoted teeth made up with a double bite and traumatic power and was as fit as the days on the campus Don Bliss, Economic Affairs Counsellor for the American Embassy in London, says, "June will probably find me with my nose deep in the ERP, and no hope of any holiday, but I'll hope that an unexpected trip to Washington will make it possible to see all you folks before long."
Our own George M. Davis Jr. Honored by New Rochelle. Pete's brother Harry, '19, was Toastmaster, and ran the dinner in good style. 250 of its citizens gathered at Wykagyl Country Club to manifest the community's appreciation of his civic leadership for over 20 years. The class rejoices with you, Dotty, in the great contribution George has made to the city over the years and at great sacrifice Said George, "To say I'm deeply moved, would be to express nothing. This is the nicest birthday that I ever had." Pat and George Stoddard staked out a new claim in Death Valley, bought a couple of range horses and had themselves a time. George saw Homer Lininger who runs a gift shop in town . ... he was sorry he missed Bob Fish, who was out with Connie at Stanford U. Also missed Bill Wright because he was some 800 miles away. Only a few days off Broadway, George found himself on the desert one night with a Sheriff, hot on the trail of an Indian who had stolen his gun.
The advertising world around New York City has been electrified about the si2able amount of Lever Brothers' advertising placed with F. deSossoitDuke's firm, Day, Duke, and Tarleton, 270 Park Avenue, New York City .... and really startling news is that on or about June 10, F. deSossoit ties the knot with Ellen Hess, an exceedingly attractive gal and managing editor of McCalls Magazine; they'll be at Reunion, too ... . and while that's going on, we hear that the Cassebeers are infantici- pating about Reunion time.
Remember the gift to the Memorial Fundshould be made before Reunion—that to theAlumni Fund before June 30 Dave Garratt is our man Ethel and Monk Cameronexpect to be at Reunion unless unexpectedSupervisor Duties of Cam, who is now Mayorof Esopus, should intervene.
AT 1918'S TWENTIETH: Remember seeing Al Zulick break forth into melodious notes, accompanied at the piano by Johnnie Thayer, ex-Mayor of Delray Beach, Fla., and now a leading realtor there.
Secretary, 74 Trinity Place, New York 6, N. Y. Treasurer, Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, N. H. Class Agent, 2500 Broenning Blvd., Baltimore, Md.
