1922

At the well-attended annual dinner of the Boston Alumni Association on March 1, your class was represented by Gray Bates, HaskellCohn, Carroll Dwight, Bob tiight, Fran heland, Len Morrissey, George Stanley, DickWillis and your scribe. Speeches by President Dickey and Tuss McLaughry highlighted the meeting. As usual, Bob and Dick were pressed into service in the orchestra.

To readers of the New York Times this will not be news, but John Wood recently was elected president of the Fifth Avenue specialty store, A. De Pinna Company. As you know, John also is president and director of Brooks Brothers and currently board chairman of the Better Business Bureau of New York City. His appointment to the new post is a further indication of John's prominence in his chosen field.

His law firm had a duty to perform in Puerto Rico for a client and Haskell Cohn drew the assignment. He flew down in January, taking Harriet with him, and made it the occasion for some interesting side trips. That this was a tough assignment, Haskell would be the last to admit and Harriet next to the last, or vice versa.

The Hanover Inn reports as January and February visitors in town the Ted Davidsons, the Jim Hamiltons, the Spenny Smiths and the Bill Bullens.

That reminds me that, accompanied by my severest critic, I was up there for the Alumni Council meetings. As usual, it was a delightful experience and, as usual, presence in Hanover brought back pleasant but nostalgic memories. The schedule of Council meetings is always such as not to encourage idleness, but I did manage to dart over to Tuck School for an all too short visit with OlieOlsen.

Through circuitous channels I learned that Jim Hamilton had occasion to be in Middlebury in connection with work his firm is doing for the Porter Hospital there. What could be more natural than a trip from there to Hanover for Sally and him?

I make grateful acknowledgement to TedDavidson for a long and newsy letter of recent date. From it I find that the occasion of Edith's and his trip to Hanover was a visit with Ted Jr., now in his junior year at Dartmouth. It is interesting to learn that Ted Jr. and David Angell are roommates of two years' standing.

Upon returning from a business trip in January I was greatly disappointed to find that I had missed Regan and Lois Brown, who were so nice as to drop in during a visit to Boston.

Recently, and on one of the few occasions (honestly) that I have arrived late at the office, I found John Hardy there ahead of me. We had an enjoyable visit and it was good to learn that Jack has found semi-retirement to his liking although a recital of his activities makes his retirement seem hardly even semi.

Jack Taylor has been summoned by Edwards & Co. to its home office in Norwalk, Conn., where he will take over as sales manager. The boys in the Chicago area look upon this development with mingled feelings of elation at this fine promotion for Jack and of regret at losing him from their midst.

Hanover Holiday in Chicago on January 28 was the occasion for a turnout of Dartmouth folks to hear afternoon lectures by Professor C. N. Allen and Dr. Wing-Tsit Chan and evening talks by President Dickey and Tuss McLaughry with cocktails and dinner in between. Our boys who attended were Ted Davidson, Spic Saunders, WaltAschenbach, Ralph Hinners, Harry Griswold, and Butch Spiel, all with wives, Walt Gatzert,Gene Hotchkiss and Jack Blunt unattended. Ralph was elected vice president of the Chicago Alumni Association. Butch left no doubt as to his affiliation by wearing his reunion tie. At the time of the gathering, Modie Spiegel was vacationing in Phoenix.

I happened upon the box score of a basketball game between the Dartmouth Freshman B team and Kimball Union Academy which showed Doc Boyer's son Ed as high scorer for his team. Later, I chanced to see a return engagement and was disappointed not to find Ed among the players but pleased to learn he had been rewarded by promotion to the A team.

In his usual efficient manner, Stan Miner has his team organized, ready and waiting for the starter's signal to launch the 1950 Alumni Fund campaign. Under Stan's leadership these boys will strive to meet and exceed last year's achievement and that is a real challenge: Howie Almon, Brisy Brisbin, HarryBruckner, Ted Davidson, Rog Eastman, LouisGluek, Kent Hayes, Carter Hoyt, Andy Marshall, Harvey Moses, Stewie Stearns, BobTurnbull, Duke Vosßurgh and Dick Willis. Those with good memories will recognize this cast of characters as repeat performers with one exception. After good services faithfully performed, Charlie Throop has asked to be relieved and Andy Marshall has stepped in to take that spot. To know the addresses of the members of this staff is to realize that the country is well covered. While the active workers are giving of their time to this cause you, too, can help by contributing early and making your gifts generous ones. To quote from President Dickey's recent special report to the alumni, "The Alumni Fund is that strategfc resource which meets the prime needs of Dartmouth when they must be met now, rather than tomorrow."

It is not too early to remind one and all that June, 1951 is the occasion for our next reunion. Start planning now to attend. We already have a nucleus in the person of KingFauver, who stated his intentions in a letter to your correspondent last year.

On February 24, Robert Jr., second son of Robert Judson Clark '22, died after an emergency operation which was performed to relieve a brain tumor condition.

Little Bob was known to Twenty-twoers as the congenial, fun-loving, chubby-faced 12-year-old who never missed a broadcast or writeup of a Dartmouth game. He more than compensated for the physical condition which limited his athletic competition by not only being a talking sports encyclopaedia but by managing his grade school classmates' baseball team as well.

Bobby Clark was something new in sports circles around his Newton, Connecticut, home. Before a game he introduced each of his players to the coach of the rival team and after the game he lead a cheer for the opponents. He had the knack of giving dignity to things as commonplace as a smallfry ball game while he also gave inspiration to those with whom he came into daily contact. He enjoyed life tremendously and wanted others to share it with him.

For one of such few years he had an unusual purpose in life. He planned to enter Deerfield Academy this fall to prepare for Dartmouth, medical school and a life of research in cancer. Ironically it was cancer which struck him a sudden fatal blow.

Secretary, 38 Newbury St., Boston 16, Mass. Treasurer, 111 Laurel Road, Chestnut Hill 67, Mass. Class Agent, 61 Clinton Ave., Ridgewood, N. J.