1923

Hanover Rump Reunion, July 15 and 16. BeThere!

We have had a number of good letters from the grassroots (one from Flanigan even), and are happy to dish up some of them in this issue, leading off with excerpts from a very welcome recital from Lloyd Fitts.

Lloyd is with the State Highway Department of Connecticut, and has been an engineer with that outfit for 15 years. A graduate of Thayer School, for about ten years after college he worked with hydro-electric projects, and this work included the layout of the New York Edison East River station. He was associated with Sam Weed '23 and Sam's brother in Harrisburg in 1929 and 1930. Fitts reports seeing a good deal of Charlie Rice, around Hartford, and working during the war in a hospital where our Genial JimHennessy was active. He lives near the I-oomis School, where Hull Maynard is director of admissions. This summer Lloyd and RalphNoble, both of whom had to miss the Twenty-Fifth, plan to get together in Hanover for a delayed reunion. It gives your correspondent a great deal of pleasure to quote the last paragraph of Lloyd's letter, which deals favorably with the Sage of John Street. Here it is: "Hows to put in a plug for me for the wonderful work Irish Flanigan has done? It is a job well done. I enjoy reading his SKIDDOO. One often forgets the work involved, so here is a pat on the back for The Irishman."

If you haven't done it yet, make your plansnow to take in the 1925 Marching andChowder Club Meeting, Hanover, N. H.,July 15-16, 1949

This one is from Bevo Beveridge, who lives at 1296 North Allen Ave., Pasadena, California. "Dear Truman: We moved out here about 12 years ago. Our older boy-now 23-is working on his M.A. in mechanical engineering at the California Institute of Technology, conveniently located right here in town. The baby, age 18, is in his second year at Pasadena City College. Mommy has a rough time trying to manage her three males. She is definitely fond of the younger two, and occasionally I get a kind word too. I've been connected with the Collector of Internal Revenue for the past seven years, and am pleased to report that no one has yet to take a pot shot at me. I have one suggestion: it would be a big help if you would work out some way to move the college closer to Pasadena. My son visited Dartmouth right after graduation from Texas University (V-12 program) and he thought it was the most beautiful campus he had ever seen. He didn't miss it much, for sure! Sincerely, Wendell H. Beveridge."

If you have failed to complete arrangementsto be on hand at '23's 1949 Summer Gymkana at Hanover July 15-16, Do It Now!

A snatch or two from a good letter from James Noel Brown, the Utica huckster: "I am executive vice president of the agency whose letterhead X am appropriating to personal use at this moment, Moser and Cotins, of New York City and Utica. I spend a good deal of time shuttling back and forth between our offices-by plane when the weather is propitious—by train when it is not, which is most of the year here in the Mohawk Valley. Although I seem to be the sole representative of the Class in this section, I do see a good deal of Shiner Beggs, Pete Hurd, and others engaged in the occupation which I suppose you would describe as "huckstering." Also, I tried to uphold the reputation of the Class by serving last year as President of the Dartmouth Club of the Mohawk Valley. Despite that, the Club is still in existence. Some eight years from now, I hope the grand old name of Brown will once again be represented on the Hanover scene—in this case, it is to be hoped, for a longer period and with more signal success. Noel Llewelyn Brown is being carefully groomed to recognize no color but green. And I trust that Nicki (Nancy Nicoll Brown), age eight, will be a frequent Hanover visitor in days to come Cordially yours, JIM."

Consult your file of Skiddoos for procedurefor getting in on the Big 192} RoundupHanover this July 15-16, and Act Now! Bringing the Class up to date of the affairs of Harold A. (Hal) Baker, 4426 Groveland Road, University Heights 18, Ohio: "Dear Truman: .... I am still teaching marketing and allied subjects at John Carroll University here in Cleveland, and probably will continue to do so indefinitely. My title is Professor of Marketing. The textbook, Introduction toBusiness, that another man and I published in July 1947, continues to do right well. At the moment it is in its third printing and has been adopted by more than 240 colleges and universities. In round numbers it is probable that something in the neighborhood of 40,000 copies have been sold. One of the slight advantages of the phenomenon is that we are continuing to eat with a fair degree of regularity, always a pleasant experience. My son, eighteen, is a student at Kimball Union Academy, which is probably as near to being a Dartmouth prep school as any, in the hope that, as a result of his tour there, he may be able to be admitted to Dartmouth next year. This business of trying to get one's offspring into Dartmouth is really becoming something of an ordeal, unless he happens to be potential Phi Beta Kappa material, which mine isn't. I wish I could contribute more to the comity of nations, but mine is a fairly routine, if somewhat busy, existence. School teachers are that way. They manage to put in a lot of time doing this and that, but it isn't very interesting to outsiders, who only regard them with envy on account of the number of days vacation they get each year, which, incidentally, isn't one of the drawbacks of the profession With kindest regards, Sincerely, HAL."

Perhaps the Little Woman would like to gotoo. Consult your Skiddoo for details, andset aside that weekend, July 15-16 to returnto Hanover for fun and frolic.

Thanks, Johnny Foster, for your good letter, from which there follow a number of quotations for the consumption of your classmates "Briefly, I have been associated with George Fry & Associates, consulting management engineers, for the past two years. I am a Vice President of the company and in charge of our Eastern activities. Our office is located on Madison Avenue, just around the corner from the Dartmouth Club, where I am fortunately able to eat lunch occasionally. My oldest boy Charles, who was in the Class of '44, was married April 2 to Susan Harrison, also of Montclair. Charlie is a geologist and the kids will be located in Denver. Our youngest boy, Johnny, is in Junior High and it looks very much as though he has the makings of a good Dartmouth man. He is interested in baseball and football, draws quite well, and plays the piano. Isabel and I still live on Cole Road, Montclair. Play a lot of golf with VanOrden and still like to get mixed up in shinny games with the kids on Sunday mornings. One of the saddest experiences of my life was missing our 25th Reunion. I was all set to go on Friday afternoon when a situation arose which made it impossible. From all I hear it was a wonderful gathering. Congratulations to all the fellows who made it possible Sincerely yours, JOHN."

This column is indebted to Shiner Beggs for sending in the bit of reminiscence which constitutes Number Four of the series of memories of the past which have appeared in the last four months in this publication in the column devoted to '23 affairs. And it's a beaut! "Way back when, didn't The Dartmouth run a classic headline about the great Earl Thompson? Seems to me, Earl had been tossing himself over the timbers in his customarily successful manner one afternoon. He'd won all his heats in a walk, but trouble stalked him in the third race. As he made the famous Thompson lunge, and stretched those long legs of his over the first hurdle, there was an unmistakble ripping sound. He crossed the finish line, taking an ignominious 2d or 3d place, while a number of fair spectators in the stands swooned dead away. Reporting the race the next morning, TheDartmouth headlined (perhaps at Pete Howe's instigation?): 'EARL THOMPSON PETERED OUT IN THIRD RACE!' "

Don Russell, who used to be with The Budd Company in Detroit, and then in Philadelphia, is back again at Detroit, peddling automotive bodies and stampings for that outfit. His daughter Barbara is a senior at Wellesley, and fifteen and seventeen year old boys are looking forward to college before very long.

Have you signed up yet for Flanigan'sGymkana, July 15-16?

And here is a piece entitled WELL, I'LL BE DOGGONED!!, by your correspondent himself. It is inspired by some information received from our Treasurer, Colin Stewart, which amazed us. There are a substantial number of classmates who still have not paid their class dues, he tells us. And adds that unless and until this situation is materially changed, a number of '23ers will get their copies of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE regularly at the expense of the class treasury which can't take that treatment for too long. Let's do something about it!

And a pleasant summer to you all. We hope—and expect—to see many of you up in Hanover this summer, JULY 15-16. We want to hear from as many of you as can find time to dash off some news about yourselves. We want you to be thinking about TWENTY THREE NIGHT next September.

Secretary, 1425 Astor St., Chicago 10, Ill.

Treasurer, 5 Tyler Rd., Hanover, N. H.

Class Agent. 22 Summit Ave., Amsterdam, N. Y.