1938
As promised in earlier remarks in this space, I have just had completed a survey of the class notes since our graduation. This involved noting down each time someone's name had been mentioned in any way in the notes. Statistically, and this includes only graduates, not non-graduates, the picture is surprisingly good, in spite of frequent comments that a few members of the class have been monopolizing the news. The following is a breakdown, and accuracy is not guaranteed:
Times Mentioned
0—13 men 1—22 men 2—49 men 3—47 men 4—61 men 5—61 men 6—50 men 7—35 men 8—36 men 9—17 men 10—20 men 11—22 men
12—11 men 13—10 men 14— 2 men 15— 9 men 16— 4 men 17— 8 men 18— 2 men 19— 7 men 20— 1 man 21—4 men 22 3 men
After this clustering of men, one man was mentioned 23 times, two 24 times, two 26 times, one 28 times, two 29 times, one 30 times, two 42 times, and one 43 times.
The interesting part of it, to me, is the very large grouping between those mentioned twice and those mentioned eight times; this indicates that we have been getting pretty good coverage of our graduates. It is inevitable, I am sure all members of the class will agree, that some persons who correspond regularly with the secretary, providing news items, will get their names in print quite frequently. The cure for any disparity is obvious!
As a consequence of this research, I haveprepared another form letter which informsthe recipient that he has been neglected andrequests information from him. I am nowworking along alphabetically through thegraduates; so you can expect yours sometimeif you are in the group of 35 men who havebeen either completely neglected or only publicized once.
Everett Arnold, who falls into the completeneglect category, wrote me a long letter:
"I left there (Wright Aeronautical Corp.) in October 1942, enlisted in the Army Air Forces and served for some three and one half years with the Air Transport Command, being attached to the Special Missions or 'Brass Hat' Squadron. I got out of the service in February 1946 and then went with All America Aviation, now All American Airways, Inc., in Wilmington, Del. as Assistant to the President—a position which I still hold.
"At the time that I joined the company we were a certificated scheduled air carrier operating in tKe Middle Atlantic Area, carrying United States mail and express only. After some three years of effort we were finally successful in having our service extended to include passengers and are now operating a local service teeder airline covering a territory bounded by Buffalo, Cincinnati, New York, Atlantic City, Washington, and Pittsburgh. We moved the company to* Washington, D. C. in January of this year. Incidentally, as a side light, it might interest you to know th2t Jack Russell, who is also a member of the Class of 1938, is a partner in the law firm that represents us and I just chatted with him today. "Please let me know if there is ever anything I can do for you or any member of the Class at any time."
Carl Boothroyd is among those missing since January of '41. He informs me that he received his M.S. degree at Washington State College in 1941, his Ph.D. at Cornell in 1949 and is now Assistant Professor, Extension & Research in diseases of Cereals and Potatoes at Cornell. In December of 1941 he married Loretta Ranney of North Haven, Conn., and they have no children. Served in the Medical Corps of the Army during the war, as officer in charge of bacteriology in the clinical lab of Wakeman General Hospital, Indiana. "Two bucks on Dartmouth over Cornell this season." I can arrange that latter detail with some Cornell acqijaintances of mine without any trouble.
The Nexv York Times of recent date headlined: "Auto Official Says Threats Cost Job". "An 'accumulation of threats' brought about the resignation of August B* Southworth Jr. from a $7,500 job as assistant to the president of Kings County Buick, Inc., he testified yesterday in the General Sessions wiretap trial. The 32-year-old son of a principal stockholder in the Brooklyn automobile agency declared his decision was urged on him by his father after a 'veiled threat' purportedly voiced in a tapped telephone conversation."
"Martin R. King of 2109 Cedarlawn Avenue, Schenectady, and a Dartmouth graduate, has been appointed manager of the General Electric Company's Apparatus News Bureau. Mr. King, a 1938 graduate of Dartmouth College, served with the U. S. Marine Corps during the war. He was a reporter with the Newark Evening News, and the New York Times prior to joining General Electric in 1946.
"He was employed in the General News Bureau of the G. E. Advertising and Publicity Department for two years, was transferred to that department's Advertising Division in February of 1948, and later served on its Radio and Television Advertising Motion Pictures Division. Mr. King is a member of the Board of Directors of the Schenectady County Chapter of the American Red Cross and is a Troop Committee Member of the Boy Scouts of America." So goes a release from G. E. "College Press Section".
From Bombay, India, comes belated word of "Horse" Donovan, formerly of the firm of Warren King and Jack Donovan: "I am in the Sales Department of General Motors India, Ltd., have not married so no children and no honors! Have bumped into no other Dartmouth alumni or classmates in my travels throughout India and Ceylon. Was very surprised to read that you had found some girl who would even consider marrying you— BaldyReno getting married was also a surprise. Give my best to Studhorse Jr. King if you ever see him."
"John RylancL ScotforcL Jr. has announced his resignation as art director of Denhard, Pfeiffer and Wells. Mr. Scotford joined the agency as a copy and layout man in 1940 after being graduated from Dartmouth and Pratt Institute. During the war he was appointed acting art director. In 1945 he joined Donahue and Company as assistant to the art director, and rejoined Denhard eight months later. In 1947 he was appointed art director"—Publishers Weekly (N.Y.), 16 July 49.
On the Society Front, and this time not the Society column of the Newport Daily News,Colin Campbell MacLeod of Boston and Middleburg, Va. has become engaged to Miss Jane Stuart Bickers of Winchester, Va. The wedding has been planned for October. John and EdieWhelden announce the arrival of Martha Irons Whelden on the 12th of August and complain that Joanne, now two years old, was never announced; somebody slipped up in getting the good news distributed. Three members of the class, incidentally, John McLane, Fran Belcher, and Athy Fuller, lead the race at the moment with five each; any other claimants please notify the secretary!
GENERAL ELECTRIC PUBLICIST: Martin R. King '38 has been made assistant manager of the General Apparatus Department News Bureau after doing publicity for G.E. since 1946.
Secretary, St. George's School, Middletown, R. I. Treasurer, 4721 N. Capital Ave., Indianapolis 8, Ind.
