1923
You may have noticed (or do I flatter myself) that your column was somewhat abbreviated last month. Reason, our notes were lost somewhere between the MAGAZINE office in Hanover and the printer's office in Brattleboro, Vt. So when Charlie Widmayer called me up late in the month for a final checkup, he suggested as a last-minute move that I send a part of my carbon copies direct to the printer, and he'd squeeze in as much as possible. So a number of items were omitted from the April issue, including Don Moore's obituary—and I explain and apologize herewith to the men who thoughfully sent in information for this obituary, which appears in the InMemoriam section of this issue.
Since a few of you always manage a trip to Hanover to coincide with the class officers' meetings, you'll be interested to know that the date for these meetings, originally scheduled for May 7-8, has been changed to May 14-15.
Reporting on the '23 man-and-wife Paddy's Day Eve party at the Club in New York, Chairman Mitch May says:
"Although there were only about 33 of us there, we did have a lovely evening. It was most informal, actually more 'good stories' than anything else. We had an accordionist and a couple of barrels of beer. Everyone had fun and the party broke up at a reasonable hour. Everybody seemed to be looking forward to the big spree at Hanover in June. Those attending the party were: Irene and Ellis Wilner,Eloise and Ed Roe, Alma and Dick Udall, Jeannetteand Ken Quencer, Dorothy and Charlie Rivoire,Evelyn and George Billings, Ruth and Tom Burch,Connie and Len Matless, Ad and Roy Height, ]ulieand Brooks Palmer, Alice- and Irish Flanigan, Anne Miller and Bill Merchant, Gladys and Red Carbaugh, Dorothy and Mitch May, Sid Silberman,John Moore, Bill Whipple, Sol Levine, and CapPalmer."
Recent visitors at the Inn include: Dr. andMrs. Babe Miner and family, Frank Donovan, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Moore.
Boston papers a few weeks ago announced that Red Lee's son, Jack Jr., was elected captain of the Philips Exeter wrestling team.
On April 1, the Worcester law firm of Vaughan, Esty, Clark & Crotty announced a change in their firm name, to Vaughan, Esty, Crotty & Mason. The new partner is GeorgeMason who has been specializing in labor law and is fast building a reputation as one of the ablest labor lawyers in the state.
The Des Moines (Iowa) Evening Tribune says:
"Miles M. Mills, president of Oils, Inc., has been named regional chairman for lowa of a nationwide committee to raise funds for Hopkins Center project at Dartmouth College."
Earlier in the year, George Plant made a fast dash out to Tulsa, Okla., where he was the featured speaker before the Chamber of Commerce and its guests, the administrators of the Oklahoma Education Association. George is head of the store management and personnel departments of the National Retail Dry Goods Association, and the Tulsa World says:
"Plant has organized and supervised all distributive education activities indorsed and sponsored by the association and is director of the organization's newly-created employee relations service."
Sammy Sammis is moving back to Pittsfield, Mass., where he has been appointed a member of the Board of Assessors. This appointment follows a period of outstandingly successful work on real estate appraisals in the Pittsfield area.
Ralph Duffy has received the Silver Beaver award from the Worcester Area Boy Scout Council—the highest award the organization has to bestow. Duff has been active in Scout work for many years, and is currently Chairman of the council organization and extension committee.
Henry Sullivan moves into the pin-up department with his appearance on the front cover of a Worcester, Mass. magazine. The writeup on page 2 says, in part, "Mr. Sullivan has written the music for five Broadway shows, six London shows and a number of night club productions. His score for 'Auld Lang Syne,' a stage biography of Robert Burns, is tabbed by the experts as 'sure hit material,' although it isn't scheduled for production until next fall or winter. At the moment Mr. Sullivan is in Florida writing the music for the 1948 Ringling Brothers Circus. The Worcester composer seldom writes popular songs, devoting most of his attention to musical comedies, operettas and revues." That's swell, Henry, but you'll never write a note we'll like better than those sparkling songs you composed for the Carnival shows 'way back when!
The Pudge Neidlingers have announced the engagement of their daughter Susan to Malcolm McLane '46, son of Judge McLane '07. This is certainly keeping Dartmouth in the family.
Massachusetts State Senator Phil Bowker has hit the headlines with a bang. Under his twocolumn picture in a Boston paper we read:
"Popular with the Ladies—Sen. Philip G. Bowker of Brookline has received a dozen leap-year proposals prompted by his sponsorship of a bill to permit delivery of diapers on Sunday. He is a bachelor."
Phil's sponsorship of this bill in the legislature resulted in his receiving twelve proposals from American blondes, and one from a Sydney, Australia, brunette. Bet your political experience came in handy, Phil, in writing all those regrets—or did you slip up and say yes to one of them?
Address changes: Bob Bradish to 1712 Rockford Road, Fayetteville, N. C.; Bob Buckley to 74 Washington Street, Natick, Mass.; PeteHurd to 340 East 57 Street, New York 22, N. Y.; Vic Short to 937 N. Cambridge Avenue, Chicago xo, 111.
You've received chairman Charlie Rice's notice and reservation form for our Terrific Twenty-Fifth by now. Right from the mightymidget 3rd in 1926, (attended by three wives and a handful of us, if I remember aright), through 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th, 1923 has taken over the town and made many another class reunion look like a casual foregathering of the Wandervogel Society. At the time of our 15th, I remember a clerk in Allen's Drug Store saying, "That's the class that had the brass!" In his mind it was a questionable compliment. In mine, it meant that '23 was permeated by a spirit that in all ways has a lift and a oneness and a zing that few (if any) other classes have ever achieved in so spontaneous a way. Maybe it had something to do with the relatively sound peace that followed World War I; or the unifying experiences of hazing and Commons and compulsory Chapel. Perhaps all these things contributed. But whatever the cause, the effect is a deep-rooted, heart-warming solidarity that never fails to bring us together with a feeling of celebration. (Gad, but I'm going on!) The point is, you'll never forgive yourself if you miss our 25th Reunion —so, if you haven't done it yet, fill in that reservation form and rush it back to Charlie Rice right away.
Another hurry-up job we've got on our hands is the finishing touch on the Memorial Fund. Under Jules Rippel's capable and hardworking chairmanship we've come to within a "hoot and a holler" of our $100,000 objective. Other classes are watching us closely. As Bob Borwell, chairman of the 1925 Memorial Gift, wrote in the March issue to his classmates:
"We will have to raise probably $100,000 in order to keep pace with the other classes as the Class of 1923, which is coming up for its 25th reunion in June, is aiming at that amount."
Dartmouth, relatively poor in endowments as she is, is watching us anxiously, too, for our objective has set a precedent which will assure the College of gifts in like amount from all the classes which follow us. This objective which we have already so nearly attained can, through similar gifts from other classes, snowball into an amount that will guarantee Dartmouth's continuing security and leadership throughout the uncertain years ahead. There's less than 25% of our objective still to go. Next month in Hanover when we present the fund to the College, no one's going to say, "It's a shame you didn't quite make the grade." But it would be a shame to fall short of our objective by such a small percentage. So let's not stumble at the finish-line, with the tape just a few feet ahead. The race is as good as won-if each of us has the heart and the will to put on the last burst of speed and effort in this final stretch.
When we go to Hanover next month, let's still be "the Class that has the brass." Let's have that $100,000 all tied up with a bow on it, and be able to feel that every man in 1923 has counted imself in on the biggest Memorial Fund gift ever presented to Dartmouth College by any class at its 25th Reunion.
'23 UP!!! FOR THE TERRIFIC TWENTY-FIFTH JUNE 11-12-13 SEE YOU IN HANOVER NEXT MONTH
Word has just reached us of the untimely death on April 3 of Fred Bryan. Because the news arrived after the closing date for this issue, this short note is appended, and will be followed by a notice in the In Memoriam pages of the June issue.
Secretary, 84 Hillside Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y. Treasurer, 775 Post Rd., Rye, N. Y. Class Agent, Monroe Calculation Machine Co., Inc. 11 Park Place, New York, N. Y.
FREDERICK CONGER BRYAN "The still North remembers them,The hill winds know their name,And the granite of New HampshireKeeps the record of their fame."
