1904
Repudiated by his political friends, appointees and financial supporters, Harry S. Truman alone and unafraid, nominated himself, accepted the nomination, "saw Alben," who agreed to go along and subdue the Congress. Freed of the inherited parasites of the New Deal, he played the lead, the follow-up and pinochle with the train crew and reporters thousands of miles north and south and east and west, and carrying Alben, came under the wire Nov. 2. elected in his own right on his own platform as President of the United States, patently free to choose, to discharge, to command with the approval of—yes, a Democratic 81st Congress for which he had swapped off certain outmoded parts of the late 80th Congress. With Samson Truman in the saddle need we fear "Good old Joe"?
The first Fall Opening of 1904 at the Engineers Club: We had a whale of a good time at our 1904 Fall Opening and dinner Friday evening October 22. The Engineers Club proved to be the $64.00 question we have been seeking: nice accommodations (we had our dinner in the Trustees Room), good food and everything satisfactory. I for one hope we will continue to have our Round-Up at this establishment. Eighteen were present, a goodly turnout, considering, as follows: Bullock,Mower, Hobbs, Sewall, Rolfe, Lampee, Moulton, Sexton, Gale, Johnson, Rollins, Woods,Maynard, Edgerly, Brackett, Robinson, Maguire, Leverone.
We enjoyed listening to some of Carl's yarns, but for the most part we talked over old times and discussed tentative plans for the Reunion next June. Strange as it may seem, the coming football game was hardly mentioned, likewise politics, which have occasionally caused acrimonious disputes at some of our gatherings. We also remained much later after the dinner than in former years and wound up in the Tap Room watching a television of a prize fight in New York, I believe. All in all, we had fun.
The "sorry, can't comes" were Bolster, Andrews, Austin, Ham, Leddy, Hinman, Wing, Weston, Davis, Charron, Brewer, Slayton, Whittemore—all of whom were well vouched for by this good message "Unable to be present, but will be with you all in spirit, my love to all the boys, Anna also sends her love" and the writer is Tom Uniac. Let's plan now to join the "we had fun" gang October '49 at the Engineers Club—fill the Trustees Room for dinner and then a prize fight in the Tap Room, the television way—which sounds like a painless method of accepting increasing handicaps.
Throughout our existence as a class of Dartmouth College beginning in September 1900 there has been a feeling of love and respect sufficiently impressive whenever Daniel Webster or Dr. Tucker have become the discussion subjects of any group to command unanimous and solemn interest. This statement is well established by the competent evidence of the pilgrimage picture accompanying our column, of Squid, devoted Webster lover, curator of parrots and the College Band in undergraduate days, currently our successful class agent; Sex, humorist, a productive class agent in years before supporting the fund became an automatic annual investment, sharer with Woods of the "youthful look" in the class for 48 years; Beck, purveyor of '04 enthusiasm since the football rush of 1900 when he secured the ball and many of the bruises, point winner in New England Track games, veteran of first World War; class secretary for many years and photographer since 1900; their accompanying camera man a Justice in Maine's Superior Court, Gene Sew all.
These men of our Class or time, are currently serving the College and the Alumni in their respective communities: Florida Alumni Assn., Jake 'OS Atwood, President, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Dartmouth Club o£ Rockford, Ill., Jim '07 Bartlett, President; Dartmouth Alumni Assn. of Boston, 44 School St., Bill '07 Smart, Executive Officer; Dartmouth College Club of New York, 37 East 39th St., New York 16, Ed 'O6 Redman, Club Manager; Dartmouth Assn. of Oregon, John 'OS Laing, Pres., 1504 Public Service Bldg., Portland 4, Ore.; Spokane and Inland Empire Dartmouth Alumni • Assn., Charles Mowry Lockwood, Pres., N. 1203 University Rd., Opportunity, Wash.; Quebec Alumni Assn., Pres. Daniel 'O6 Hatch, 4055 Vendome Ave., Montreal, Quebec, Can.; Dartmouth Lawyers Assn. of New York City, CarlM. '01 Owen, Pres.
National Aeronautics and Flight Plan for October describes enthusiastically the final preparations for the sixth annual National Aviation Clinic which convened at the Book Cadillac, Detroit, Mich, during the period Sunday October 17 through Wednesday the 20th; The Honorable Kim Sigler, Governor of Michigan, and Louis E. Leverone, president of the National Aeronautic Association, were cogeneral chairmen of the 1948 National Aviation Clinic. N.A.A.'s President Leverone is a distinguished Chicago businessman, with a Who's Who listing too long to reprint here. He is President of the Automatic Canteen Company of America and general manager and partner of Canteen Food Service; a member of the Chicago and Illinois State Associations of Commerce; a long time user and supporter of aviation. He has served as an inspector for the Illinois Aeronautics Commission; President of the Illinois Aviation Conference; Chairman of the sub-committee on air transportation of the Illinois Postwar Planning Commission. He has been President, Chairman of the Board, and Chairman of the Aviation Committee of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce. He served as iSf A A national councilor from Illinois until his election as President of the Association last June. The National Election —and what an election—has taken the responsibility of Michigan's affairs off Mr. Sigler's shoulders, so this pair of birds should be able to fly higher and wider,—Happy landings, Jig.
The Herald Tribune of Oct. 29 carried in its financial pages a good likeness of KingWoodbridge with the comment "King Woodbridge, who has been elected president of Dictaphone Corp. succeeding Merrill B. Sands, effective Monday Nov. 18. Mr. Sands will continue as a director. Mr. Woodbridge, chairman of the executive committee and a director for the last ten years, was the first president of the Company."
Tom Streetefs report which came to us about mid-October was a concise and interesting document suggesting simplified group accounting, but it is a document full of liferead it slowly—the items blossom into high spots of reunion. This simple entry "George W. Rand & Sons—glasses" revives a particularly interesting early morning (1:30) baseball quiz conducted by Prof. Uniac. Present were Mat Bullock—Jim Brotherhood—Dan ('O3) Walther Sid Rollins—Shorty McCabe—Bull Turner Herby Callman—Ned ('O6) French-Beck Johnson—Tom ('O6) Keady—during the '46 reunion. Now pick an item and fill the chairs from memory. For years between the irregular tax periods Tom has developed a custom called "greasing the wheel" to prevent overheated bearings—he's a great treasurer.
A 1904 PILGRIMAGE: At the grave of Daniel Webster in Marshfield, Mass., a few years ago are (I to r) Charles I. Lampee, Ralph E. Sexton and Harry B. Johnson. Arthur E. Sewall '04 was the photographer.
Secretary, Canaan Street Lodge, Canaan, N. H. Treasurer, Morristown, N. J.
