1923
So many of you have asked me lately where Don Cob leigh is now, that I'm glad to be able to report that he is now acting head of the music department of Wilkes College, according to an article in The Dallas (Pa.) Post. You'll remember that Don received his music degree from the University of Wisconsin; taught music history, appreciation, theory, and modern music at Dartmouth for more than twelve years; studied at the Ecole Normale de la Musique and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris; and was with the Office of Strategic Services in World War 11.
Bob Whittinghill, for many years in the insurance business, is now special sales representative for Remington-Rand in the insurance field. While in Washington recently, he got in touch with Hal Fitz and Clint Raynor, and around home in Glen Ridge, N. J., he often sees Al Whaley and Charlie Rivoire. Bob says Ted Grevatt and his wife have just bought a new home in Montclair.
Mr. Joseph Brooks Gilbert announced the marriage of his daughter, Virginia, to HenryJ. Perkins on April 10, in Salem, Mass. The Class offers its best wishes and congratulations.
Betty and Bill Corrigan announce the opening of their adult and family camp at Job's Pond, Vermont, for the twelfth season, on June 25. "Swimming, boating, fishing, tennis, riding and hiking" are advertised, and you can get a preview of this delightful vacation place by writing to them at 163 Harmon Avenue, Pelham 65, N. Y„ up to June 25—or at West Burke, Vt., after that date.
Brooks Palmer recently gave a talk on his specialty, antique clocks, to the Antiques Club of New Jersey, and we run across his interesting occasional articles on the subject in the Friday issues of The New York Sun.
On April 14, the Dartmouth Alumni Association of New York held its Annual Dinner at the Commodore, and '23 did itself proud with the following turnout: IrishFlanigan, John Moore, Bob McMillan, JoeSchiffenhaus, Tom Norton, Sid Silberman,Jim Landauer, Kip Couch, Sol Levine, JoeZone, Ruel Smith, Bill Fine, Mox Hubert,John Paisley, Brooks Palmer, Jim Broe, TomBurch, Joe Lombardi, Lou VanOrden, EllisWilner, Robbie Robinson, Cap Palmer, ClaryGoss, Bill Whipple, Ken Quencer, Bill Gates,Roy Height, Bill Corrigan, George Billings,Paul Soley, Dwight Keefe, Ted Shapleigh,Phil Wagner, Rog Carlton, Bill Kelly, KillyKilmarx, Stan Ungar, Johnnie Foster, and myself. Prexy Dickey gave the best talk we've heard in many a moon.
Preceding the dinner, the Classes of '23, '24 and '25 had a warming-up session at the Dartmouth Club, where, to borrow a phrase from the official seal, voxes were clamanting fortissimo, and these few bits of news floated to the surface: John Moore getting ready for a summer at Fire Island; Bob McMillan now with Alley, Richards & Alley, advertising, in Boston; Jim Landauer getting "Pup and Pansy" ready for 25th reunion; RuelSmith with his usual plentiful supply of stories; Mox Hubert and Dwight Keefe still singing with those famous Glee-Club voices; Johnny Paisley an extra-welcome not-seenlately; Jim Broe bringing tidings from all the Boston crowd; Cap Palmer now doing his scenario writing in New York; Clary Goss thinking about the next crop of heifers on his farm in Newfane, Vt.; good-natured BillWhipple looking like a man who would be a long time with us; Ken Quencer lawyering very successfully between vacations; BillGates down from Greenfield, Mass.; TedShapleigh down from Hamden, Conn.; BillKelly in from Carmel, N. Y., with his finelooking son as a guest. Less noise at the party, or fewer trips to the pump might have netted more news for you, but this will have to do under the circumstances.
Your Executive Committee met at the Dartmouth Club on May 5. The quorum with a jorum consisted of Irish Flanigan, Joe Schiffenhaus, Clary Goss, George Plant, JohnMoore, Brooks Palmer, Jules Rippel and myself. We talked about 25th Reunion, which is in the capable hands of Charlie Rice. We talked about our Alumni Fund and our Memorial Fund, which are in the capable hands of John Moore and Jules Rippel (respectively) and of yourselves. These hardworking chairmen and their committees are doing jobs that few of us would be willing to touch with a ten-foot pole. They're doing all they can. The rest is up to you. This is the year of our greatest effort for the College, financially speaking, for '23 holds one of the most important places in this year's Alumni Fund. We'll justify it if we treat it this year as we've been doing regularly—as something we've expected and planned for and provided for more fully and more carefully than we plan any of the casual gifts we make in the course of a year. Most of us have gladly made Dartmouth the cornerstone of our giving over the past years. If we look at it that way again this year, we'll be entitled to feel a little self-satisfied, if not downright smug, come June 30.
When you read this, there will be no more than a matter of days before '23's final Memorial Fund record is entered. It will be an impressive record, because we're close to our objective even as this is being written. But nothing less than the S100,000 we set as our objective will be a perfect record. We'll never have another 25th Reunion, nor another opportunity to establish a precedent that will mean so much to the College in the years to come. So let's hope we'll be writing a perfect Memorial Fund record into the days of 25th Reunion.
At the Dartmouth Dinner in New York, only a few days before his death, Bill and I were talking about getting together again in Hanover at the May meetings, and looking forward to the 25th Reunion in June. This was the last year of his term as Class Treasurer, and we all wish he might have been with us to complete it. His obituary appears in the In Memoriam section of this issue.
This, too, is my last month as your Secretary, so I want to say a heart-felt thank-you to all of you who have furnished, directly or indirectly, the material for this column. It has been a privilege to serve the Class, and the past five years have been richly rewarding to me in renewed associations and friendships. Hilaire Belloc puts my feelings into words much better than I could, and here is what he says:
From quiet homes and first beginningsOut to the undiscovered endsThere s nothing worth the wear of winningSave laughter and the love of friends
I'll borrow again, this time from Falstaff, for my final line for each one of you:
"Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all thetitles of goodfellowship come to you!"
RETIRING ALUMNI COUNCIL MEMBER: Eugene Hotchkiss '22, who will retire this month after serving two terms, 1944-1948, on the Alumni Council. For the past two years he has headed the Council's important committee on admissions and schools.
Secretary, 84 Hillside Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y. Treasurer, 775 Post Rd., Rye, N. Y. Class Agent, Monroe Calculating Machine Cos., Inc. 11 Park Place, New York, N. Y.
WILLIAM CLEMENT WHIPPLE "The still North remembers them, The hill winds know their name, And the granite of New Hampshire Keeps the record of their fame."
