1929
A couple of telephone calls this morning to Washington and Montpelier, the seats of the Duke and the Judge, respectively, brought heartening words of good cheer from the one and homely phrases and quaint jests from the other. Duke reported that the Class was making good sound progress in the Alumni Fund, with the best effort and greatest response still to come. Little need be said here about a matter which has been advanced so well by such persuasive advocates as have been the spokesmen for the College, but it might be well for all of us to reappraise, on the one hand, the needs that the Fund seeks to satisfy and, on the other, the opportunities and abilities that we, individually and as a class, have to share in their provision, so that each of us might strike a better and more responsive balance between the requirements of the College and our contribution toward its support. There can be no doubt that if each of us were to take our own measure in this matter we would, in truth, fill the bowl up for Eleazar!
This coming weekend (May 15) we'll be
going back to Hanover for the Class Officers' meetings. "We" will include Judge MortonJaquith of Clinton, one of my family's favorite breakfast companions, who will ride up with us from Boston, keeping my lady entertained with good Republican talk while I dodge the frost heaves and follow the detours. If we're lucky we'll fall in with Old Judge Brisbin before the weekend's over. That is, we will if he can adjourn his Vermont State Republican Convention in time to drive over the mountain to Hanover before our meetings conclude. We hope he can because, in addition to his stories, he'll have some good sound Northern New England observations on political developments. Perhaps he can be persuaded to give a full account of the attitude of the Vermont delegation in his next issue of Twenty-NineUp. That's something to work on.
This afternoon at the coming-out party that the American Can Company gave for its new sales office in Boston, Eddie Walsh and several other equally high-powered sales officials from the New York office assisted the host in dis- pensing hospitality. Among the guests was JoeLovell, who was there representing Lever Bros.
Fresh in this morning's mail is a letter from Joe Losey with the up-to-date information that since he left Metro two years ago he has done two plays in New York, one of them "Galileo," with Charles Laughton; and has just finished a picture at RKO (where he is a bond-servant) called "The Boy With The Green Hair," starring Pat O'Brien and Robert Ryan '32.
Cal Soriero who is manager of the Washington office of the National Surety Corporation writes:
"Just to get in the swim with big producers like George McLachlan and Slim Corrigan, I guess I ought to report the Sorieros are holding their own as follows:—Bev, my tolerant spouse; Tommy, age 6 1/2; Peggy, age 4 1/2; Susan, age 2 1/2; Cal Jr., age 5 weeks; which, if you are of a mathematical turn of mind adds up to an additional $3,000 in exemptions. If any one figures that is taking undue advantage of the less productive members of the Class, I'll be glad to redeem myself by exhibiting some interesting data consisting of bills (paid and unpaid) for milk, food, diapers, doctors, medicine, schools and popsicles. I'm trying to pay these damn bills with my labors at 418 Woodward Building and would enjoy commiserating with '29ers visiting in the nation's capitol."
And here's a good letter from Herb Bissell: "I would like to fill you with facts about activities of the Class of '29 if I had them to give you because if there ever was a tough job I am sure your task of filling up that column each month is just that. Anyway, here are a few tid-bits for the grist mill. On Sunday night, April 4, the Dartmouth Club of Toledo welcomed the College Glee Club to the Commodore Perry Hotel, and I had the pleasure of introducing them to an audience of around 500 people, which we thought was pretty fancy for a mid-western town of our size. The boys did very well and all of us felt the general effect to be one in the interest of the College in this area. For the past five or six years I have been serving as Chairman of the Interviewing Committee for the boys who tackle the job of getting into Dartmouth. It has been a tremendously stimulating experience, and I have not minded the extra time and work. It seems to me the longer I am out of college, the more enthusiasm I generate for the school even though I haven't been on the Hanover campus for close to ten years. We are proud of our record of sending boys to the school from Toledo and out of around sixteen applications this year, we hope to be fortunate enough to receive five or six acceptances from Al. I note with satisfaction and considerable interest the progress of Bob Carr. He and I were pretty close friends in Hanover. Maybe he will read these notes and will drop me a line because we don't seem to find time to say 'hello' to each other in a more direct fashion. Anyway, Bob, my hearty congratulations on your wonderful progress and contribution to the College."
And here's an invitation from Jim Hodson,
Assistant Western Counsel for the Northern Pacific Railway Company:
As you know, the annual convention of the American Bar Association is to be held in Seattle during the week of September 6. As the week wears on, I should like to have at least one gathering of Dartmouth lawyers at my house, particularly those in the Class of '29 and contemporary classes. I wonder if you would insert a paragraph in the class notes, advising any lawyers of our college generation who plan to be in Seattle that week to let me know in advance on what day they plan to arrive and at which hotel they will be staying. I hope to see you and John Dickey, CarlSpaeth, Sunny Hetfield, Herb Ball, Jack Blair,Marv Braverman, Willsie Brisbin, Dick Clark, BillColes, Bob Drake, Tom Stokes, Jack Gunther and Judge Jaquith, and all the rest of the brethren. Our local committee is working very hard to make the convention a memorable one, and I think this is a fine excuse for a lot of you lads to take a look at the Pacific Northwest."
The old gray Mayher gets around. He at- tended the Alumni Dinner at New York last month, reporting the following present at the Class table: Ray Hedger, Tal Babcock,Jack Hubbard, Jim Hodge, Mat Rock, EdHeister, Frank Middleton, Bill Morgan, JackGunther, Jack Moxon, Nick Vincent, BudFoulks, Sherrn Little, Rollie Nivison, PhilHoffman, Ross Hughes, Trunkie Brittan, and Ed Spetnagel.
Secretary, 75 Federal St., Boston, Mass. Treasurer, 1211 Shady Ave., Pittsburgh 10, Pa. Class Agent, 723 13th St., N. W., Washington 5, D. C.
