1929

Percy Russell is a resident partner in the Washington law firm of Kirkland, Fleming, Green, Martin & Ellis. Although he has recently been spending a great deal of time out of the city he has still found a way to devote himself to such Dartmouth affairs as the Dartmouth Club of Washington, of which he was recently elected president, the interviewing of candidates for admission to the freshman class and—most welcome and appreciated—writing the following good report for these class notes:

"Dartmouth affairs in Washington are quite active. One of the things that has kept several of us busy is the matter of interviewing applicants for admission to Dartmouth. Both last year and this year we had about 60 applicants from this area and it is quite a job to arrange to interview each one in the time allowed. For the first time, our committee this year interviewed the son of a '29'er. Duke Barto, our eminent head of the Alumni Fund for our class, has a son, John, who has been doing an outstanding job at St. Albans School in Washington. The interviewing committee met with John a couple of weeks ago, and we wish him all the luck in his application. Time is certainly flying when I realize that the sons of some of our classmates are now applying for admission. By the way, Duke always does an excellent job with the Alumni Fund. The Alumni Fund campaign is just around the corner and I hope that plans have been laid this year for a betterment of the record of our class in the fund. We always collect a fair sum of money but it seems to me that we should as a class have a somewhat better standing. Coming back to the problem of interviewing applicants for admission, I certainly want to encourage others to get interested in the job. It is the most stimulating and exciting work that one can do for Dartmouth. It does not take much time and it is fascinating to talk to the applicants and to learn their different viewpoints about college and life in general. The Dartmouth Club of Washington has a large number of Dartmouth men on its list and the various affairs that are scheduled are pretty well attended. HalLeich, who is with the Civil Service commission, is . one of the vice-presidents and I am the president this year. If you will permit me to get in a spot announcement, I would suggest that any '29'ers in Washington, on April 7, should make plans to attend our annual spring dinner. Dean Neidlinger will be down here with us*, and I am sure we will have the usual interesting evening. It will be held this year at, the Hamilton Hotel at approximately 6:00 p.m. I barely escaped trouble when I scheduled the dinner for March 25, not realizing that it was Holy Thursday, but the date has now been changed successfully to April 7. I think most '29'ers know that the Washington Dartmouth Club has regular Tuesday luncheons at the New Athens Restaurant at 12:30 p.m. On most days we schedule a short talk of about ten minutes' duration. On some occasions, we have a short film or other activities of that kind. We have recently arranged to have several of the headmasters of prep schools in the Washington area talk at the weekly luncheons and this series is just about to start. I was driving to work the other day and gave a lift to Stan Johnson who has just moved into the same neighborhood where I live. Marv Braverman is getting along famously, I understand, with his new law office in Washington. Jim Montfort has for several years been the manager of the National Press Club and is doing a fine job keeping the various prima donnas among the Press from kicking their traces. GeorgeMcKean, who was with the Maritime Commission during the war, is now working for the Capitol Cadillac Company. I guess you know that Bob Carr was in Washington for several months when the President's Civil Rights Committee was preparing to report. He was good enough to talk to us at one meeting of the Washington Dartmouth Club. I see Paul Woodbridge occasionally but not nearly enough. Bob Collins comes here once in a while on business. He is practicing law in Albany. I have no suggestions for the 20th Reunion in June 1949 other than to say that I am certainly going to be there. I enjoyed so much the last reunion in 1946 that I would not miss the next one for anything. Jim Hods on, assistant Western counsel ofthe Northern Pacific Railway Company, livesin Seattle where he has established himself asone of the community's first citizens, provingthe soundness of the "Go west, young man, gowest" advice. He is one of the stalwarts ofthe class whose support can always be countedupon, as evidenced by the following from oneof his recent letters:

"As you may know, the American Bar Associa- tion is carrying on a nationwide campaign to improve the administration of justice in the lower courts, particularly those which handle traffic cases. I got interested in the movement when I was sitting on the Municipal Court, and although I am no longer on the bench, I have continued my interest. A regional conference of traffic court judges and prosecutors was called at the University of California Law School at Berkeley for the week of February 9, and I went down to keynote the affair and participate in some of the panel discussions. The conference adjourned over Lincoln's Birthday, which gave Hessie and me a chance to run down to Palo Alto and see Carl and Sheila Spaeth. We spent a delightful afternoon with them and managed to settle a few of the world's problems which had accumulated and had lain on the table for a number of years. In addition to his administrative duties as Dean of the Law School, Carl is teaching and has started a Stanford Law Review. He is also maintaining an active interest in international affairs. The Spaeths have a big, rambling, comfortable house just a few minutes from the campus, and have added a red setter to their family. The setter, incidentally, occupies the garage, which necessitates leaving the car outside. They appear to be very content, and, I learned from other sources, Carl is doing an excellent job. As luck would have it, Dick Robin was in Seattle the week we were in San Francisco. However, while in Palo Alto we saw Helen for a while, and Dick returned Saturday morning. Accordingly, we were able to spend that afternoon with the Robins before entraining for Seattle. After something like twelve years on the West Coast, Dick and Helen are going back east. Dick has been given added responsibility with Becton, Dickinson Cos., which requires their moving back to New Jersey. I don't think they like the idea of leaving the kind of life they have been able to live on the peninsula, but the new job presents a considerable challenge, so I guess they are reconciled to leaving their horses and the Palo Alto climate behind. Sid Hayward will be in Seattle for a couple of days next month. We are planning a big alumni dinner and also some intensive work for the Hopkins Center Committee. Sim Cantril recently became Chief of Staff at the Swedish Hospital here. As you know, Sim has made quite a name for himself as a result of his research in the field of cancer. In fact, he is so absorbed in his work that we seldom see him. Bob Ellick is in the Trust Department of the National Bank of Commerce, of which Max Carlson, '28, recently became president. Polly Parrott keeps busy and happy with his exporting business."

Gus Wiedenmayer has been elected to the23-man board of the Firemen's InsuranceCompany. Gus' principal job is being vice president of the National Newark & Essex BankingCo.

Recent guests at the Hanover Inn includedMolly Bott of Fairfield, Maine; Mr. and Mrs.Harry Baehr of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mr. andMrs. Bill White of Cambridge, Mass.

Phil Dinsmore is now located in Baltimore,at 6807 Gist Avenue.

Howard Kramer is teaching at ClevelandCollege, Western Reserve University. ClintonHoose is with Altman & Singleton & Co., LandBank Bldg., Kansas City, Mo.

Word from Merrill, Wisconsin has Bill Page well and busy with his milk company.

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