1930

Looking at our news file at this moment, either you fellows are overly modest in disclosing momentous, or even minor, events in your lives or, borrowing Parker Merrow's phrase, There ain t much heppened sence the last ritin."

The second generation of 1930 will first officially appear on the Hanover campus this next September when Paul Hoffman's boy, Peter, and Jim Taylor's boy, Rob, enter as freshmen in the Class of 1952. Congratulations are certainly due to the two boys, Peter and Rob, both of whom were born in the renowned year of 1930. There is no doubt but that both Paul and Jim are justly proud and pleased with the accomplishments of their sons. Time does march on, and it won't be long before the Class of 1930 will be planning father and son banquets at the Hanover Inn.

We recently received a picture of NormMcGrath's handsome young son, Ned, who appeared in the picture bedecked in Norm's last reunion costume shirt, replete with Indian and all. Norm forwarded the picture apropos of a recent comment that Si Chandler was beginning to worry about costumes for next reunion, pointing out that the picture illustrated the utility value of our last costumes, but Norm hastened to add, which we pass on for Si's benefit,

"With this in mind, perhaps it would be a good idea for Si to furnish something equally useful next year. I would suggest mink coats or distinctive convertible roadsters—they too could be used after the reunion."

Not incidentally, our next reunion will be held in the summer of 1949 and by this time next year you will have received Si's reunion bulletins and program. Prior to that time a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Class will be held and not only the committee but Si would appreciate any comments or suggestions any of you may have not only with respect to reunion but also as to any aspect of Class affairs.

It was only about a year ago when we reported that AI Marsters had left the Legal Department of American Optical Cos. to engage in the distribution end of the business. Al's success in that venture is attested by his election in April as a vice president of American Optical Cos., where he will continue as General Distribution Manager We understand that Chick Pooler, with Benton Bowles in New York, presented a paper at a convention of the National Association of Advertising Agencies which was recently held in Atlantic City Rog Ela, who is a member of the law firm of Nutter, McLennan & Fish in Boston, was recently appointed by the selectmen as Town Counsel of Wayland, succeeding an elderly lawyer who has held that position for almost a quarter century.

At the annual dinner of the Dartmouth Club of New York on April 14, 1930 was well represented by Dick Blun, Kirt Meyer,Don Shaskan, Si Chandler, Wally Blakey and Charlie McDonough Belatedly the news comes to us of Romaine Philpot's marriage on January 1, 1948, to Cecily M. Roberts, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Roberts of Rutherford, New Jersey. Romaine is with Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, in New York City, as an estate analyst and is living in Glen Rock, New Jersey. ...."Buzz" Whitelam left Stamford, Connecticut, last Christmas and moved to Framingham, Massachusetts. This move was occasioned by Buzz' new association with Telechron, Inc. in Ashland, Massachusetts, as director of employee and community relations of that company. Buzz has appeared on the Class records as a bachelor, but we were delighted to learn, even though at this late date, that he left those ranks in 1941, when he was married to Margaret M. Murphy.

Dean of McCoy College, of Johns Hopkins University, Fran Horn is introducing more and more of a 1930 influence into the affairs of that institution. Fran says that he expects Win Stone to be teaching a course in Shakespeare next year in their evening program and has also aked Bill Fenton to take a course Johnny Maitland has left Oil City, Pennsylvania, for Franklin, North Carolina, where, under the business name of Mica Products Corporation, he is in the mica business as to which, without intending a pun, he says the prospects look very bright." It is with thanks to Johnny that we have learned for the first time that Director of Admissions, AI Dickerson, has been hiding from us a "Jack Benny" background. It ap pears that Johnny met a lady who originally came from Al's home town and who disclosed that, when Al was considerably younger than at present, she had "tried" to give him instructions on the violin. The ladv neglected to state the extent of her success in such efforts, but hastened to speak very highly of Al in other respects. It is probably no exaggeration to say that, after sleepless days and nights and successions of telephone calls and telegrams during the process of selection of those for the Class of 1953 which was completed last month, Al would take to anything, including a violin, as a diversion.

SITTIN' PRETTY: The Old Maestro of the Alumni Fund, Ernie Moore '3l, and pretty wife Angie wait out Ernie's skiing injury in the right spirit.

Secretary, Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley & Ketchum 1 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass. Treasurer, 24 Jennys Lane, Barrington, R. I.Class Agent, 10 Post Office Sq., Boston 9, Mass.