1921
As these notes are being written, the 1948 Alumni Fund has just begun to function officially. When you read this in May it will be about half way toward the June 30th deadline. Back of the Fund is a devoted group whose responsibility is to contact each one of us, personally or by letter, for our contribution. Every one of us can make the job easier for Rog Wilde and his Committee by just doing a couple of things—now. The one thing which helps the most, of course, is to send your gift or pledge in right away. Many have already done so and Rog is hoping the early response will continue. The other way you can help is by answering communications promptly. Nothing is so downright discouraging as no word at all on how you feel about the Fund and what you can do this year.
A letter just in from Roger says: "The 1948 Alumni Fund Campaign opened officially with the mailing of the first folder from Hanover. I am sure you will agree that the copy in this mailing piece states effectively the reasons it is necessary for the Alumni to continue their financial support of Dartmouth and to give more generously this year than in the past.
"In order to _ accomplish this, it should be our objective to solicit contributions from every member of our Class who matriculated, and to urge those who can afford it to increase the size of their gifts substantially. When we consider that a college education at Dartmouth, and other colleges, costs the college approximately $5,000, a gift from a graduate of five or ten dollars a year is a very small return. As you know, when we attended Dartmouth, our tuition covered only 50% of the cost of our education; yet, many of our classmates are not recognizing this as an obligation which they wish to partially pay back to the College through contributions to the Alumni Fund."
Let's all give him a hand. To you who have already "done what comes naturally" .... a short cheer.
This reporter has just finished the rather formidable task, as a member of the local Alumni Committee, of interviewing nearly 150 boys from this area who want to go to Dartmouth next fall. The group were one segment of the 6,000 or so from all over the country that Al Dickerson had to pass on. In these interviews, one fact stood out above all others. If ever there was an example of the necessity for stressing the scholarship requirements early and often by parents, we had it. It hit some of us hard because we have sons that we hope will measure up to the requirements later on. All of us agreed that there isn't much use in getting red hot about the middle of the first semester of senior year, and then trying to make the grade in a wild scramble. A lot of the boys we interviewed had tried that and practically without exception, they are going to be disappointed. It may be that when the time comes my own boy won't make the grade, but of one thing lam sure—it will not be because he didn't know how important it was to consistently hit the books. If you want your eyes opened on how tough it is to get into any first-class college these days, just volunteer for one of these interviewing committees. It's a liberal education in itself.
CLIFF HART, our star reporter of news from the Big City, says there were probably some '21 people at the opening game of the lacrosse season at Manhasset, L. I., on March 28, but he didn't wait to see. The weather was ideal ....for ice hockey, but the Green won 12-10 in an overtime session. The next night, March 29th, brought the Glee Club to Garden City High School Auditorium where Bill Embree '50 did a good job on a couple of solos and FRANKLIN MCDUFFEE'S "Dartmouth Undying" was a featured number with the usual nostalgic results. Nobody can seem to get enough of that grand song. On hand were LINC MILLER, ABE WELD, the AL PALMERS and their son, Lois and ORT HICKS with Ort Jr. '49, another Glee Clubber, GLADYS and CLIFF HART with Jeff '51. DAN RUGGLES is understood to have been the impressario who arranged and managed the appearance of the Club in Marblehead a few days before, but no report from the Boston Sector about the party. Dan probably saved the publicity for his Boston Herald (price 5 now). Cliff Hart was laid up for an operation on April 6, but since he hoped to get to the Alumni Dinner in N.Y.C. on the 14th, he should be fully back in circulation by now. Young Jeff, his boy, is playing No. 1 on the freshman tennis team and can probably trounce Hicks right now. He is almost as much of an addict as Ort at the same age. JACK HUBBELL, who has been standing behind Simmons beds since 1929, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Brand Names Foundation, Inc. Russ BAILEY stopped by the office briefly a couple of weeks ago when he was in Worcester on business. He hasn't changed a mite—you'd know him anywhere. ANDRUS VALENTINE, who, like DAVE TRAINOR, came from Huntington, L.1., still lives over there. He sells golf course maintenence equipment to country clubs of which there are a few in that locality, we understand. The Valentines have three boys. The oldest is going to Colorado next fall, the middle sprout is interested in Agriculture but perhaps the youngest of the family will be a prospect for Hanover. Val is Chairman of the Suffolk County Disaster Committee of the Red Cross and he sees TRACY HIGGINS once in a while, as he is also active in Red Cross work in that area.
Had some news about Bill Johnson Jr. recently. Classmates may recall that Bill is, and for many years has been one of Mutual Benefit's outstanding General Agents. In recent years he has operated agencies both in Nashua, N. H., and Boston. A few months ago he relinquished the Boston office and sold his home in Wellesley and will concentrate the business in Nashua. Very few men have made the reputation in the insurance field that Bill has and we all wish him and his Mrs. lots of happiness back in New Hampshire. We have every reason to believe that the above is reasonably exclusive, and that George Frost hasn't heard about it yet for his SMOKER .... which by the way is just about tops for our money. "We mean the SMOKER, not the exclusive. Sandy Saunders is back in the '21 fold so let's bring him up to date. He was with us in Hanover but graduated in 1922. Understandably, he wishes to be listed with our class for reunions, etc. Sandy took his MS at the University of Minnesota in 1926, after instructing in geology at Washington University, St Louis from 1924-26. He left to join Shell Oil, which was then known as Roxana, and forked in various parts of the United States with them for 17 years, leaving in 1943 to become Chief Geologist for Danciger Oil and Refining Co. at Fort Worth, Texas. Sandy's wife Ella Grace came up from Minneapolis, and they have three boys, 12, 15 and 20, the oldest a corporal in the Marine Corps! Welcome, Ella Grace and Sandy. We all hope to see you both at the 30th, and that some of the sons will end up on the Hanover Plain.
JOHN SULLIVAN is one of the busiest men in Washington these days. What with Uncle Joe's pig boats snooping about and the Navy expanding apace, Manchester, N. H. and his Over-Secretary of the Navy RANDY CHILDS see little of him any more.
The Secretary has expressed the sympathy of the Class to ART ANDERSON and his sons, John and Arthur Jr. Helen Anderson, Art's wife, passed away on March 8, after a short illness. Helen was well-known to many of us and we shall miss her.
A card from Mary Noyes, Hank's wife brings the news that Mary is working at Cazenovia Junior College in Cazenovia, New York. Many of you will remember that she was with us at our 25 th Reunion. We ran into Hugh Penney up in Ayer, Mass., a few weeks ago. Hugh is one of the moving spirits in the formation of a new Dartmouth Club in that area. He is pastor of the Congregational Church of Ayer. If Doug Storer gets back from that jaunt with Mr. Believe-It-Or-Not Ripley all in one piece on May 14 as scheduled, he should have a real story to tell. Watch for an account of the saga in Collie?s and Look magazines. Dolph Alger was featured in a Sunday edition of The New Bedford (Mass.)Standard-Times on March 7. Dolph in addition to reporting Middleboro events for the paper, owns an insurance company and belongs to the Lions, Elks, The Masons and the American Legion. His son John covers all the sports events in town for Pa who sends them along to the paper. The Hanover Inn reports that Ing Baker of Suffield, Conn., and Bob Burroughs (still no questionnaire) were guests in February and March respectively.
VINCE O'REILLY'S new address is 425 Salem Drive, Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh 16, Pa. R. DeWiTT MALLARY, who is still Ray to us in spite of becoming one of the brightest legal lights in Springfield, Mass., may now be reached care of Mallary, Gilbert & Richardson, 83 State Street, Springfield, Mass., when he isn't at the farm up near Hanover. BILI. MCCLINTOCK'S new location is 1330 Whitnull, still in Burbank, Cal., and last but far from least, PREXY TOM CLEVELAND has moved his real estate establishment (Swell Homes for Proper People) to 1663 Commonwealth Ave., West Newton 65, Mass.
You gents, sans completed questionnaires are lucky again .... no room this month to list any more of your names.
Secretary, 16 Lenox St., Worcester 2, Mass. Treasurer, 545 Hinman Ave., Evanston, ILL. Class Agent, ROGER C. WILDE 1870 Merchandise Mart, Chicago, ILL.
