1938
As the Alumni Fund Campaign gets underway for another year, the only message I think appropriate in this organ is a reminder that by getting your contribution in early you will be helping all those working on the Fund in their arduous task. There are all kinds of reasons why you should contribute and why the College needs your support each year; those have been amply discussed many times; I shall assume that all of you, and particularly the regulars, are going to do your share, but don't put it off and jam up the works at the last minute.
Every year many members of the class putin lots of time trying to make the organization run smoothly, provide the welcome opportunities for get-togethers, collect the Fund,and do all the necessary leg- and paper-workso that all of us may enjoy our associationswith each other. None of them, I know, are looking for public kudos. The least the rest of us can do is to cooperate with them and make their work less irksome.
From my own standpoint, quite obviously, the chief difficulty is to get members of the class to send in news about themselves. Recently I have tried an experiment which has brought unexpectedly favorable results. Each month the College sends along the list of address changes for the previous month; I now have a mimeographed form letter I send out to each member of the Class whose address has so changed, asking for pertinent information. Of the first twenty-one changes, I have already had answers from six individuals. Considering natural lethargy, delays in the mails, and so forth, this is a very good turnout. Therefore if you change, your address, you will receive such a form letter.
By a tragic coincidence, 1938 found itself this month involved in Hanover's recent manslaughter case involving students, about which you have doubtless read. Charley Tesreau represented the defendant, and the prosecution is being conducted by Bob Jones.
While in Hanover this spring during that delightful period known familiarly as "Spring Recess", I ran into Dick Sherwin, of the Brattleboro Sherwins, still representing the Vermont Printing Company. Since Dick has neither communicated with me nor attended any of our recent reunions, I was rather hesitant about being cordial to him. I can briefly report, however, that he very recently became a father again (Charles Arthur Sherwin), thus bringing the total up to four small Sherwins in all, three boys and one girl. I also ran into Ted Hunter at breakfast one morning; he is now teaching courses in architecture at Dartmouth as well as conducting his usual office business; both activities are full-time, so he manages to keep well tied down to Hanover and the daily round of Work. StanBrown's mother reports that he is quite pleased with his work in the Canal Zone and showed me pictures of a very charming house he is occupying.
Bob Mussey wrote a nice long letter, parts of which now follow:
"After being out of college almost 11 years, I am finally settled, finished with training and all. My position is as the orthopedist in the Carle Hospital Clinic (Champaign-Urbana, Ill.), a group of about two dozen doctors. Jean Wiggins of Wyoming, Ohio, and I were married almost six years ago. We have a fair start with three children, the third being our first boy.
"During the intervening years I spent four years at the University of Minnesota Medical School, one at Cincinnati General Hospital, two in the USNR most of it farmed out to USMC, three years plus in the Mayo Foundation, and six months at Beekman-Downtown Hospital. That adds up about right and adds up to a few less and a few grayer hairs. The next to last member of '38 I remember seeing was Quilty on Saipan in 1945. Dwight Parkinson- is in Rochester in neuro-surgery with his wife and two sons. This should cover the bare essentials."
A lost member of the class, at least as faras this correspondent is concerned, is GeorgeErhard, who left at the end of our sophomoreyear, but who has been active, according toother sources of information than the USmails, in Dartmouth activities on the Coast.George writes:
"I resent deeply your inference of rodent characteristics, however, will overlook same for the moment, (there must have been some cordial salutation in my letter to him). Position—H. A. Pulaski Co., cabinet manufacturers, co-owner and peddler. Present activities, drinking beer with all the rest of the contractors around L. A. who find business very good (frankly, they're all liars, it stinks!). Civic Organizations-—Pasadena Junior Chamber of Commerce. Marital Statusmarried for second time (four years). Wife's name—Helen Bowie Erhard. Other honors—l've stayed out of jail." (how many other members of the class can boast of that?)
Other fragmentary information on various and sundry persons of 1938 vintage includes the fact that William Hiram Collins Jr. Was born February 10. "The engagement has been announced by Mr. and Mrs. Max Zipperman of New York of Mrs. Zipperman's daughter, Miss Irene Edelson to Dr. David Robinson, son of Martin H. Robinson of Hartford, Conn. The wedding will take place in June." A. Lloyd Krum is a Superintendent with Infant Socks, Inc., was married in 1948 to Versal H. Krum, no children. Residence—Reading, Pa. Leonard McChesney is a special Agent for the Great American Insurance Company, doing business out of Seattle, Wash., married, and has two children. He is just getting started in alumni contacts in his area and hopes to get in touch with Bruce MacMeekin but hasn't yet. Bob Stix is with Mitchel Beck Co., as a salesman, has held out against the perils of matrimony, and resides in Tarrytown, N. Y., where he sees Gil Tanis from time to time, now with International Paper Company in Jersey.
Recent fortunate visitors to the Hanover Inn, included Phil Merritt of Hartford, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. H. Rathbun Jr., of Westerly, R. I.; and the eminent Frank H.Doane of Northampton, Mass.
Bill Ganter, ever faithful in reporting the activities of the Boston gang, also sends along word that Morgan Marshall has just become a father (Louise Turner) and has moved to Wakefield. Stearns MacNutt couldn't make the Harvard Hockey Game because he was entertaining the local Boy Scouts that night at his home. Frank Brett is about to branch out on his own as a sales agent.... buying his partner out. Charley Hitchcock ran into DickHigbee and Blanche and John McLane at Mont Tremblant where the socially elect meet to ski.
I have also received a very interesting letter from Bob Manegold recounting a recent trip into Alaska. Since it is very good reading but not of as much general class interest as personal news, I shall pass it along to Bob Carson for the Pace Setter.
One final word before I list the current address changes. I am contemplating a summer project involving writing to all those members of the class who have never been mentioned in the column; the spade-work is about done, so if you have been neglected and don't want to be bothered with reading a form letter, drop me a line, and I'll cross you off the list.
So here are the new addresses: William H. Blaney Jr., 405 Lexington Ave., NYC 17; Robert L. Emlen, Cambria Court, St. Davids, Pa.; Joseph P. Fogarty, Box 1088, Newburgh, N. Y.; W. Atherton Fuller Jr., RFD 3, Ellsworth, He.; Edward J. Griffing Jr., 2437 Parkwood, Toledo 10, Ohio; John B. Jameson Jr., 1413 City National Bank Bldg., Houston 2, Texas; J. Clarke Mattimore (where have I seen that name before?), 420 East 23rd St., NYC 10, and John G. Nelson, RFD 2, Manchester, N. H.
'39ERS STROLLING ON MAIN STREET back in 1946 at their delayed reunion. Those who paused for the snapshot that refreshes are (I to r) Bob MacLeod Moose Wyman, Lou Oldershaw, Hank Bagg, and Ed Wakelin. Bob has just been made Eastern advertising manager for "Town & Country."
Secretary, „ St. George's School, Middletown, R. I.
Treasurer, 4721 N. Capital Ave., Indianapolis 8, Ind.
Class Agent, 16 Colt Rd., Summit, N. J.
COME ON ALONG AMD BRING THE LITTLE WOMAN
