New York City
Dartmouth College Club 37 E. 39th St., New York, N. Y.
RECORD TURNOUT FOR DARTMOUTH NIGHT
Over 300 Dartmouth men from near and far converged on the Club on October 15 to celebrate Dartmouth Night. "It was the largest gathering for this event in the Club's history," reports Ed Redman '06, Club Manager, and as far as I could gather there was not a breath of disappointment." EddieChamberlain '36, Asst. Director of Athletics, kicked off the evening's after-cocktail-and-dinner entertainment with a preview of the Big Green's 1948 prowess. Al Foley '20 followed, with stethoscopic readings on the present condition of the undergraduate body. These observations were illuminated by the usual Foley wit and wisdom.
HARVARD'S BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN
With no aces up their sleeves, Dartmouth Club's dauntless bridge twosome—Dick Rubens '25 and Sam Wormser '27—took on and trounced the Harvard Club on October 21. Competing in the New York College Club Bridge Tournament are' also teams from Penn, Yale, Williams, Columbia, Princeton and Cornell.
'35 INVITES WIVES
A cocktail party for the wives of the Class of '35 was held on Saturday November 6th from 5 to 7 at the Club.
CORNELL'S PREXY TO BE '05-'06 GUEST
Dr. Edmund Day '05, President of Cornell University, was guest of honor at the Second Annual '05-'06 Class Dinner held at the Club the evening of November 18.
CLUB HAS 2 TEAMS IN SQUASH TOURNEY
Ort Hicks '21 has announced that the Dartmouth Club will be represented this year by a Class "B" team, as well as by a Class "C" team, in the regular Metropolitan League squash matches.
The new "B" team will be captained by Bob Mann '34, and will include the following Club squash veterans: Irv Diamond '34, HardyMacdona '33, John Weisenfluh '32 and JackKjerner '26,. This season's "C" team will be strengthened by the addition of John Cranda'.L '40 who last year starred on the League Championship Class "C" Team while playing for the Bronxville Field Club.
ABOUT MEN YOU KNOW
Herb Fish '29, just back from two and half years in Japan with the Army of Occupation, recently stopped by at the Club. Herb is already off again for the Orient—this time China.
We saw Richard P. On:(ley '29 of Youngstown, Ohio, greeting some of his old friends the other day at the Club bar.
Robert L. Clark '40 has returned to the States from Frankfort, Germany, where he was representing the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. He arrived in New York just in time to dash over to the Club and help the boys celebrate Dartmouth Night.
Other members of the Class of '40 who were in town for Dartmouth Night were Dick Everett of Nashua, New Hampshire, and DaveGibson of Dayton, Ohio.
Gus Cummings '27 tooled all the way up from Pittsburgh, Pa., to be here for Dartmouth Night.
Warren Gault '20 is home again from Nome, Alaska, where he has been doing an auditing job for the Army Exchange Service.
Vic Luneborg '35 of Shreveport, La., dropped in to meet some old friends at the Club while passing through New York last month.
John R. Mason '15, lucky guy, is spending a month's vacation at Hanover. "Pete" Wallace, purveyor of those lunchtime eye-openers at Club bar, became a grandfather on October 22. Hi, Gramp!
Guy Steeves '11 deserted his Maryland chicken farm to hop up to New York for a brief stay. Last seen he was sampling "Pete's" special refreshments, and wishing he could run into more of his old friends.
In New York and staying at the Club last month were: Homer B. Hill '18 of Flemington, N. J., Jim J. Mowrey '15 of Hartsville, N. C. and Norman Probsticn '43 of St. Louis.
Milburn McCarty Jr. '35 will be married on November 20 to Mrs. Eleanor Hiteshaw. Mrs. Hiteshaw is the daughter of Arthur Corning White, playwright and former member of the English Department at Dartmouth. The groom-to-be is a member of the Board of Governors of the Dartmouth Club of New York, a former editor of the Club News, and swings a mean racket on the Club squash team.
Dr. Perry Boynton '90 was the oldest class representative attending Dartmouth Night celebration at the Club.
NEW SKI PLAQUE
A new plaque, bearing the names of Club ski champions, has been hung in a place of honor over the Club bar. Many of the great names in Dartmouth ski history appear on the plaque, which replaces an earlier one in moving from the old Club.
Speaking of skiing, Marv Chandler '23, president of the D.O.C. of New York, has announced that the New York skiers expect to have their winter program in full swing by the end of November. Any Dartmouth man interested in participating is invited to get in touch with Marv at his office, 30 Vesey Street, N. Y.
