1914
Exactly one month after the Sno-bird party, a letter came via Rufe Sisson with the information that Rosie Hinman was basking in the Florida sun as the result of a slightly runny nose.
"Having returned from Hanover full of Rocky Mountain goat and Plymouth Rocks, but in a weakened condition, I was subject to attack by some bug.
"Result was several days in bed trying to recuperate but finally landed here to get rid of my bark and last remnants of what ever it was.
"Rufe, it was a grand party and thoroughly enjoyed. All of you did a grand job. My appreciation and thanks. Please rest assured that, not even for a second, have I felt that I got the bug from the socalled venison. But wouldn't it be safer if the pheasants were subjected to ultra-violet exposure from now on?"
Rufus has sent out his last dues bills for this year so if you have not paid yours, pleaselook up the old one and send along a check.Do you realize that we have about the lowestassessment of any class in the alumni bodyand are still operating on the same budget aswhen the dollar had value?
A real kick in the following letter fromSouther Mead:
_ "You'll be surprised to learn what memories your nice card brought back to me. I'm returning it to you. The two windows marked on the card were the two rooms I first lived in at Hanover in the fall of '10. I later moved to Crosby but I went through all my "D A" at Wentworth.
"I note too, the card is mailed from Qunicy, Mass., just fifty-seven years short by three days that I first saw the light of day at number two Foster Street in that same city.
"The boy, now twenty, whom some of you met at our twenty-fifth reunion, is just out of the Navy, after two and one-half years in the Air Corps. He has about another year of preparation and hopes to enter Penn in the Town English School. The daughter, now thirteen, is at Baldwins and says she is headed for Smith and if she keeps her work at the present level, I'm sure she will get there.
"As for me, Day & Zimmerman still keep me pretty busy. I am away quite a lot and had to miss the Dean's talk to the Philadelphia Club a week or so ago. I'll sure see you at the thirty-fifth."
Carol Edson is using a new address, 1116 Chimes Bldg., Syracuse 2, New York. BurtSmith, with the W.A.A., is living at 123 Danbury St., S.W., Washington 20, D. C. DudColby is with the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., at 118 S. 19th Street, Omaha 2, Nebraska. Harold Dunbar is living at 364 E. Chicago Street, Elgin, Illinois; and Jack Field gives 182 N. Washington St., Tiffin, O., as his latest address. Hank Llewellyn can be reached at 3500 S. Racine, Chicago, ILL., or Bartlett Acres, Bartlett, 111., where he is in the lumber business. Luther Pattee is at the Bath & Tennis Club, Palm Beach, Fla. Horace Borden recently wrote that he expected to be home before too long and gave his old address, c/o Mrs. John Cullen Jr., 457 Linden Street, Fall River, Mass. With developments in Europe as they are, we suspect that the Major may not be home as soon as expected. Last Sunday; Clara Kingman dropped in for a few moments with a little booklet entitled, Fliers' Reward and Other Poems, by Ist Lt. Horace Le Roy Borden Jr., A.C. You will remember that the lieutenant was a fighter pilot who was killed in action while with the 311 th fighter squadron in New Guinea. It is an interesting booklet, which we have not finished, yet, and if time and space permit, we hope to let you enjoy with us, one or two of these brief poems.
Dr. Arthur H. Wethey Jr., a retired chiropractor, is living at 1115 Winsor Ave., Piedmont 10, Cal.; Alfred Taylor may be reached at '333 15th St., N.W., Washington 5, D. C.; Bob Hopkins gives Box 887, Darien, Conn., as a new address; and Manolo Wiechers is with Douglas L. Elliman & Cos., Inc., 15 E. 49th St., N.Y.C. 17.
Word has just been received that Jack McCullough has been added to the faculty of Lafayette College as an instructor in chemistry. A clipping from The Easton (Pa.) Express of March 12 informs us of a long list of jobs held by Jack since graduation, which includes teaching and general commercial chemistry. Congratulations, Jack, on your appointment. Another added to our long list of teachers!
We are still raving about the Dartmouth hockey team, in spite of their loss to Toronto and Michigan. I saw them twice in Boston, once against Harvard, once against Toronto. Saltmarsh was the only '14'er that we saw at the Harvard game and could not find any at the Toronto game, but would gladly have sacrificed both of these games to have seen that Alumni contest in Hanover in middle March. What a team! It seemed as if every Dartmouth illuminary of the last ten years was in action. The cream of American college hockey and we missed it!
At hand is a clipping from The WorcesterGazette, a picture of Congressman Mitchell of Indiana, feeding oleomargarine to a charming young lady, under the critical supervision of Rep. Ellsworth B. Buck. That, together with the picture in Life a few weeks ago, indicates that Bucky is still strictly on the ball.
A warning to the American people to beware of bureaucratic and private propaganda, designed to boost the Marshall Plan, which is being "given to the public in terms of crisis and emergency after an elaborate build-up of international conferences, government reports and big-name sponsorship," was voiced by Prof. John Hanna of Columbia, in recent television and radio broadcast, discussing the European Relief Program.
Speaking on the A B C Network, Sunday, February 15, he declared that whatever the menace of the expansion of Russian Imperialism and infiltration of Communist influence, the administration's Communist scare is "patently phoney."
Whatever program is adopted, he asserted, should be so administered as to advance the interests of the United States, but emphasized that we should not force our institutions on any other nation. Mr. Hanna urged that we "should stop financing European Socialism" with U. S. Government loans. So far as possible, he maintained, private loans and direct investments should supplement governmental loans and grants, even if government controlled.
He went on to state that American Industry cannot compete with foreign government because "they get their plants for nothing at Americans' expense. A socialized plant not even paying operating costs could work havoc with the competitive system."
Have you sent your Alumni Fund check toJack Couriers? Jack is one of the hardestworking men in the Alumni body and if youhave not sent in your donation, it means justthat much work and worry for him and hisable corps of Volunteer Assistants. CharlieBatchelder and I attended the Boston dinnerof the Fund Campaign on St. Patrick's Day.If every man in the class had the opportunityto listen to the story as we heard it from thatColton, Dickey and Holton group, our classcontributions would be close to twenty thousand. The need is so clear cut, the expositionso honest, and the enthusiasm so great thatthere can be no doubt. Do you realize thatthe Alumni Fund is carried on the books asan asset and that there is no deficit?
We quote, again, from Dick Holton's opening appeal, taken from Eleazar's Epitaph.
"By the gospel he Subdued The ferocity of the savage And to the civilized he opened New paths of science Traveller Go if you can and deserve The sublime reward of such merit."
The following interesting story recentlycame from Don Stillman: "Shortly after the first World War, Admiral Deering (probably then a j.g.) was stationed on Guam when the island was a far cry from its present modern state. At that time there was a small Navy garrison and a few Marines., charged with building a Naval Air Station and maintaining a small naval base. Facilities could not have been very adequate for young "Doc" Deering when called to attend the birth of one of the first American children born out there, but he must have done an outstanding job for I have heard many times from Brig. Gen. F. S. Robillard, U.S.M.C., that the doctor could not have been more efficient with the best facilities provided, in helping to bring the General's (then captain) daughter into the world. "Of course I don't thank him much, either, as that girl has been my wife for about five years."
Hope Lingers
"When the stars of the night time have fled with the dawning, And sleep with its softness has slipped from our eyes, We gaze at the sunrise that brightens the morning And see that our future shines red in the skies. " 'Tis sad now to watch the deep shadows of wartime That billow, enfolding with blackness our dreams; We lift up our eyes that are seared by the fire Of Mars that has ruined our most cherished schemes. "But there in the brilliance we see that it's fading, The glow of the battle, the gleam of the strife. We know that the morrow with peace that is coming Is bearing the sweetness of yesterday's life." ist Lt. HORACE LEROY BORDEN JR., A.C.
The mailman just left cards from the Giles and Remsens, postmarked Cartagena, Colombia. After five years milking cows and shovelling snow—did I say snow—Mart and Kathleen sure have earned this trip.
WHEN GOOD FELLOWS OF THE CLASS OF 1914 GET TOGETHER: The 1914 Sno-Bird Party held in February brought forth a big crowd for a preview of the next reunion. Shown here are, left to right. Herb Austin, Fred Davidson, John Piane and Dick Barlow, who seem to be amused by the wit of Charlie Batchelder. The picture on the right shows Hazen Hinman, COSO Manager Warner Bentley, Herman Davidson and Ernest Kimball, all deep in conversation.
Secretary, 88 Sea Street, North Weymouth, Mass. Treasurer, 26 Garden Street, Potsdam, N. Y. Class Agent, The Stanley Works, Bridgeport, Conn.
