1916
The Class convenes in this column again after the summer lay-off, with our numbers reduced by two, Arthur G. (".Easty") Eastman and Phil Davis. Just an hour after I had mailed off a letter to Phil in Florida a wire from Mrs. Davis arrived informing me of his sudden death August 39 of coronary thrombosis. Although a graduate of Vermont, there was no more loyal Dartmouth man that Phil anywhere. Everyone who remembers "Easty" will have a pleasant memory of him, and if any do not remember him, it is because he was such a quiet and self-effacing fellow, friendly to all but intimate with a few only. We shall miss both "Easty" and Phil at the 35th.
I hope that by the time you read this, you will have received the first Class newsletter of the autumn, and I shall restrict this column to highlights of the Class's summer.
Dr. Irving Wolff received the Distinguished Public Service Award of the Navy Department in recognition of his achievements in electronics and radar, as director of the Radio Tube Research Laboratory of RCA Laboratories.
Many of the boys, including Biel, Evans,Eigner, Henderson, Tucker (Ken), Nickerson,Jardine, Garcia and the long-silent Bob Bartlett, to mention a few, were seen, in addition to a number previously reported who went up to the Father and son dinner at the Inn, a project expertly handled by John Stearns.
The 1949 Alumni Fund Drive went over the top, with 1916 contributing a bit more than its quota. Incidentally, it is an inspiring thing to see the widows of classmates contributing to this great cause because they know their husbands would have done so.
Marjorie (Joe) Carleton has gone to Europe, and will announce a new book as soon as she and the publishers select a crowd-stopping title.
Jack English, Tog Upham and Jake (TheBachelor) Mensel, have been on the sick list, and you will all join me, I know, in hoping that even before this goes to press, they will all be restored to health and their normal pursuits.
The boys on the West Coast have been active this summer, with Dan Lindsley doing the most traveling, and Louie Bell engaging in the greatest number of activities, including public speaking on patriotic occasions. You have heard how Louie laid into the Commies in his vicinity and aroused great indignation among them.
Careful research divulged the fact that practically all 1916 wives went to Smith, and if I am wrong I shall be glad to know where they did go. Maybe it is only that the Smith girls toot the horn of their alma mater more, having picked up that trick from their husbands.
Alec Jardine was high among the travelers, going from East Coast to West Coast. (where one daughter lives) and attending a 1916 luncheon in his honor in Los Angeles. Cliff Bean was elected vice president of the Alumni Council for 5949-50, and vice president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston. Your secretary was appointed a member of the executive committee of the Alumni Association.
Ed Riley will speak at the Foreign Trade Convention at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York November 1.
With the football season about to bust open, I hope classmates will manage to find each other in the various stadia and hold reunions between halves.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD 1916-ERS TO PREPARE FOR THE 35TH REUNION IN JUNE OF 1950.
MACKEREL FILCHERS, BOSTON CHAPTER: Ecstatic members of the 1916 Balmacaan Athletic Club rejoice after a mackerel massacre around Plum Island on July 27: (I to r) Jardine, George, Bean, Cutler, Bobst, Soule, Baker, Barr, Hayward, and Fuller.
Secretary, 2721 Blaine Drive, Chevy Chase 15, Md. Treasurer, 370 S. Westmoreland Ave., Los Angeles 5, Calif. Memorial Fund Chairman, H. CLIFFORD BEAN Hampton, N. H.
