1929
"Where, oh where, are the grand oldseniors?"
Our grand old seniors will be reunioning in Hanover June 17-19 to sit again on the senior fence, play Softball on the campus, eat and drink together, visit and talk and reminisce. The one appearing in the following picture, the original of which was featured on the cover of the 1929 Commencement Issue of the Dartmouth Pictorial, is now Dean of the Law School of Stanford University. It is hoped that son, Dick Rogers, Al Floyd, Blythe Adams, JoeLosey, Eddie Plumb, Rich Rimbach, JoeMurphy, Mort Crowell, Johnny Cornehlsen,Herb Fish, Tommy Phelps, Bill Davenport,Fran McEntee, Walter Kong, Ben Scales, RussThomas, Willy Keyes, and any other newlyestablished natives whose changes of address have not yet been recorded.
Reunion plans are very much in the minds of Chairman Dick Barrett and the Reunion Executive Committee, consisting of Vice Chairmen Phil Mayher, Hank Stein, OllieHolmes, Dick Johnson, Frank Foster and ChrisBorn, and the following who have been charged with specific assignments: Ed Chinlund, Finances; Bing Carter, Commissary; Chan Bete, Publicity; Herm Liss, Costumes; Gus Wiedenmayer, Entertainment; MorganBaker, Wives and Families; Herb McCreary, Registration and Reservations; and Mace Ingram, Hanover Executive. A program report outlining the proposed program will be made in due course. In the meantime, however, lay your own plans to insure your arrival in Hanover early enough Friday afternoon to be on hand to witness the outcome of the event which will result from the following correspondence between Red Edgar '28, and your Secretary:
"February 19, 1949
Dear Bill:
At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Class of 1928, held in New York this week, I was instructed to place a challenge in the hands of an appropriate officer of the Class of 1929. We feel that the superiority of 1928 over 1929 has been proved in so many ways that there is not much left to be done. However, the proposal that we engage in a further test of this in softball has been made. Therefore, if you are able to get together nine ablebodied men who can lift a bat and with the inclination to test their skill, we invite them to meet with a few selected representatives from 1928 in front of the Senior fence at Hanover on Friday afternoon, June 17 at 3:00 p.m., so that we can open our delayed twentieth with the satisfaction of beating 1929.
Sincerely yours, /s/ Red"
"Dear Red:
It was, at first, deeply disillusioning to receive such compelling evidence as your letter of February 19 that the Class of 1928's immature campus attitude still prevails, but, on second thought, it would be too much to expect any improvement. However, it occurs that now that all of you are fully of age you might benefit from a lesson in reality. It is in anticipation of contributing to your improvement that we willingly accept your challenge. '29's team, appropriately selected to deal with your problem, will meet your representatives (please don't have them too representative) at the stipulated time and place.
Sincerely, /s/ Bill
As a result of a bit of urging the following up-to-date reports have just come in: Jack Ackley, from New York:
"After I got out of the Navy I went back to foreign banking and finally made a change 2 years ago to Time Inc. which you can imagine is diametrically opposed to the old slow tempo. Although I have nothing to do with the editorial or advertising side of the business, I find that the business side of publishing is very active and certainly pitched in a different key than normal business operations. I expect to be in Hanover for the Reunion in June and recently ran into Phil Mayher who is now in New York and is attempting to drum up interest in the Reunion as far as the wives are concerned. If this is a serious project, he feels that a real plan for their entertainment should be started soon. Went to Hanover the day after Christmas for skiing—that is done by having a child in the Ski School—but got rained out after only two and a half days of only fair snow." Brad Bradley, from Plymouth: "My activities over the past 20 years, I am afraid, have been relatively unglamorous and can be briefly stated by saying that I have been with the Plymouth Cordage Company practically all that time, in sales. The first ten years were spent on the West Coast, head quartering in San Francisco, where I did enjoy many Dartmouth associations but few happened to be of the Class of 1929. Then I was transferred to New York, where I managed our Eastern Sales District up to the time of the war. Then, 2 years in the Navy—first in Washington, buying ropeof all things—and then aboard an A P A as Boat Group Commander in the Pacific until the close of the war. I was then brought to our Home Office here at Plymouth and made General Sales Manager, in which capacity I am now struggling along. In 1934 I married a West Coast girl and now have a young family consisting of two daughters—one 3 1/2 years and the other 2 months—and am living in Duxbury, Mass. I am looking forward to attending our 20th Reunion, which, I am sorry to say, will be my first revisit to Hanover since 1929." Reed Banks, from Stratford, Conn.: "The only '29er around here whom I ever see it ']ake' Shaefjer and recent issues of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE have covered his activities so well that there remains nothing for me to talk about but myself. After 13 years of happy marital life I became a widower. Reed Jr., who will be 9 in July, is an avid sailing enthusiast. Whenever the weather is good, in season, we spend many happy times together on the Long Island Sound in the Lightning which I a couple of years ago in my back yard. Although the project consumed all of my spare time over a period of 9 months, I consider the time and effort well spent. On several occasions I have sailed to work. This is made possible by the fact that the Sikorsky Aircraft Division where I am Personnel Manager has docking facilities quite made to order for handling Scottybunk's 19 feet of length. Usually my crew, comprised of the Factory Manager and the Materials Control Supervisor, breakfast with me at 5:00 A.M. We weigh anchor at about 5:30 and set forth on the threemile trek down the Housatonic to the Long Island Sound By this time the morning news comes over the radio and if the wind is right we scoot along at ?nr? 6-mileAreach from Stratford Light to Black Rock Harbor. As we pass by Bridgeport's outer harbor, Scottybunk races forward in happy rhythm to some lively air on John Gambling's program. Usually by 8:00 A.M. we are in our offices Every so often one of us will take a fond peek through the window during the day to make sure that bcottybunk doesn't rough up the Navy's LST that s moored along side of her at the dock across the street. Saw Charlie Gaynor's "Lend An Ear' recently. In my opinion it rates well up with the best on Broadway, and I've seen several to compare it with.
Bill Alexander, from Cincinnati: "I've been with Procter & Gamble since 1946 when my tour of duty with the Marine Corps came to an end. EdMerkel and Greg Wright are the only two members of the class I've run across in Cincinnati. As Ed is a partner in P & G's law firm we get together frequently to discuss knotty legal matters. A business trip to New York last fall fortunately coincided with the Dartmouth-Princeton weekend. I was pleased to hear from both Harry Enders and EdWalsh at a pre-game get together that most of the New York delegation of the class were planning to make the reunion in June. I'm definitely planning on being there, and I understand from both Merkel and Wright that they too plan to be on hand. I'm looking forward to seeing you in Hanover." Harry Baehr, from New York: "I'm afraid my routine on the editorial page of the Herald Tribune (not to be confused with a younger sheet of a somewhat similar name, published, I believe, in Chicago) does not provide much nourishment for class notes. It took me for a spell to France and Germany, but too many of the class were there on business in 1944-1945 to make anything I could write of interest. One of my pleasantest experiences lately was a trip up to Hanover in connection with the Great Issues course last winter. After seeing what time and T.N.T. had done to Berlin, it was good to find Dartmouth so little changed in essentials, and to feel so much at home in the old place. John Dickey is doing a marvelous job with the Great Issues and in getting close to the undergraduates, and there was a feeling of drive and purpose among students and faculty which was as invigorating as the Hanover air.
"Not many '29ers drift into my ivory tower here, but when they let me out for a run I encounter some of them occasionally. Last November, during a visit to Washington, my wife and I had a grand visit with Hal Leich and his family—which is growing. I was trying to cram several months' research in the National Archives into one week, so that there was not much opportunity to look up the rest of the "Washington colony, but luncheon with the Dartmouth Club did give a capsule session with a good portion of it. In New York I see Bob Mac Murray, although not as frequently as I would like. The last time we met, he was still commuting from Trenton to his job with General Electric here, but was hoping shortly to move his wife and son closer to the office. I still don't know whether I will be able to get away for the Twentieth. In addition to the work here, which gets pretty demanding come summer, because of vacation schedules, I have been giving some lectures at Columbia while struggling with a book in my spare time. Since I'm congenitally lazy, and waste a good many hours brooding on how hard I work, it's hard to catch up with myself. However, I hope that I can still get organized for a trip north, and that we can get together then."
Ken and Sally Macnair are planning to attend the Reunion, bringing Tux and PeteSmall along with them. Ken reports meeting the Smalls recently at the Jones Beach Roller Skating Rink where Tux cuts quite a fancy figure on roller skates. Ken also reports that a Christmas card from Brett and Elspeth Sine indicates that they expect to make the long trek from Western Canada to Hanover in June. Bob Leigh is in Shreveport, La., quite content with the world and quite proud of his beautiful twelve-year-old daughter.
The class meeting before the Boston Alumni dinner was thoroughly enjoyed by Chris Born, Cap Capalbo, Hank Stein, BobFriend, Johnny Bryant, Dick Johnson, PhilGage, Johnny Quebman, Ollie Holmes, DickBarrett, Johnny Davis, Mort Jaquith, WaltGutterson, Bill Andres, Ralph Butler, SqueekRedding, Ken Wilson, Art D'Elia, and HermLiss.
HEADS PHYSICS COMMITTEE: Gerard Swope Jr. '29 of New York City, counsel and general man- ager of the International General Electric Com- pany law department, is chairman of the campaign to raise $500,000 to finance a major addition to the Wilder Hall physics laboratories.
he will join with others of the large California delegation in the long trek back to the Twen- tieth, bringing with him such natives as JoeRuff, Bill Marmion, Dan Luten, Ed Abbott,John Corbett, Pete Lundgren, Howdy Robi-
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