1926
By the time this column hits the press the football season will be practically over; the 1026 class gatherings now planned for the Holy Cross game in Hanover, the Harvard game in Boston, and the Yale game in New Haven will all be history. What's good about that?—the fact that they will all be history- you ask! Nothing, nothing at all, except from the perspective peculiar to this particular individual. Ergo! These events having become "fait accompli," it is highly probable that some of our classmates who had the good fortune to attend one or more of these gay and festive get-togethers may not suffer from "broken-arm-itis," may own a fountain pen or a pencil, may have a piece of paper and a three-cent stamp and will inform me as to which of our classmates also attended, with whom, "wot hopponed" and where. In the event that such probability becomes a reality, I shall then again be able to fill a whole column with interesting bits of news concerning many members of the class. Not so this month! As far as I can determine at this writing, practically every member of the class broke an arm in September or there was a paper shortage or else someone declared a moratorium on the sale of stamps.
Last Saturday the Big Green suffered defeat at the hands of Pennsylvania. No doubt, a good many '26 stalwarts witnessed the spectacle but all of them have been inducted as charter members of the broken-arm club as far as this scribe is concerned. They went, they saw and chose to remain incommunicadol So all I can report is that there was a game that Dartmouth lost, 21 to 0. Whether anyone attended, I know not. Selah!
A letter from Hub Harwood informs us that as of October 1 he assumed his new duties as General Passenger Agent of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, a subsidiary of New York Central. His new address is the P. & L. E. Terminal, Pittsburgh 19, Pa. Hub is still bemoaning the fact that he and Det missed the August week-end in Hanover but is now laying plans to attend next year. He says he hopes to get to Hanover upon occasion during the school year and is keephis eye on Ed Duffy's son, Mike, who entered Dartmouth as a freshman this fall. Hub, it seems, during his eight-year stay in Washington, occupied Ed's former home and has been an intimate friend of Ed's widow, Zim, and son Mike. Hub does not know how long he will be in Pittsburgh, but looks forward to seeing a lot of '26ers down there and, meanwhile, states he will probably be in the market of a good soot remover. We wonder whether Dick Burlingame, another recent emigre to Pittsburgh, can't help him out on that score.
A recent note from Carle Blunt (on very impressive stationery, which contains the interesting information that Carle is the Chairman of the 1949 campaign of the Community Fund of Chicago, Inc.) also bemoans the fact that his chairmanship duties prevented his appearance in Hanover in August. Carle, as well as Ralph Thomas (another Pittsburghian by the way), both hasten to thank us for their recent birthday greetings.
Visitors at the Hanover Inn during September included Ken and Helen Weeks, son Kenneth and daughter Carolyn, of West Hartford, Conn.; Nate and Jane Parker of Pittsburgh (here we go again with Pittsburgh!) and Don Hoffman of Chicago, who was on hand to see Don Jr. enrolled as a freshman, as was Paul Dillingham of Binghamton, to see Paul Jr. become a member of the Class of 1953. Other '26 sons entering this fall are Bob Edgar's son, Bob Jr.; JimOberlander's boy, Jim Jr.; Charlie Collins' son, Allen, and Jud McCarthy's son, Bill. The latter, of course, was in Hanover with Jud and Mackey at the August reunion and looks to be the capable football tackle his records from Baltimore claim.
Among the things we have never been able to understand is how anyone from the Class of '26 gets lost. Believe it or not, however, they do! In the last few months the Alumni Records office has reported to me that they have lost contact with the three men who are listed below with their last known addresses, and any information anyone may have regarding their present whereabouts will be greatly appreciated: . William A. Behrens, University Club, Bridgeport, Conn.; JohnOuzounian, Peoples Service Newspaper Company, 401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; Joseph H. Taylor, Box 12, Deerfield, Mass.
It is time again for class dues and our able treasurer, Herb Darling, has put the bills in the mail. If you haven't already sent Herb your check, why not do it, right now? So long for now!
SUMMERTIME IN HANOVER is still of the "good ole" variety because of scenes like this one made by 1926 on an August afternoon in front of the Inn. L to r, Reg Hanson, Don Church, Lois Abbott, Ethel Hanson, Charlie Abbott, Dot Roberts, Grace Venneman, Gladys Church, Mary, Harry and Andy Fisher.
Secretary, 502 M. & T. Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y
Treasurer, 131 California Dr., Williamsville 21, N. Y.
Memorial Fund Chairman, Box 460, Mamaroneck, N. Y.
