1929

Gathered around the Class table at last week's Alumni Association dinner in Boston were Mort Jaquith, Squeek Redding, ArtD'Elia, John Quebman, Cap Capalbo, HankStein, Joe Lovell, Johnny Davis, Ken Wilson, Chris Born, Bill Mageneau, OllieHolmes, Walt Gutterson, Herm Liss, DonSimpson, Dick Clark and Bill Andres. The usual Class party before and after the dinner was omitted, but will be resumed next year. Everyone was in fine shape and cheered John Dickey's speech to the echo. His remarks on that occasion are recorded elsewhere. Here we give you (however, not because it's more important!) his response to a recent request for Class Notes material:

"As you, of course, know, there is really no possibility of gossip in a town such as Hanover. As one of my faculty colleagues said the other day: 'Hanover is the sort of place where you hear about your indiscretion on your way home from it!' Under these circumstances, what you hear is always what the working journalists call 'the hard news.' However that may or may not be as to Hanover life in general, I can report the following hard news concerning classmates whom I have seen up this way within the past few weeks: HowardNichols was here with his wife and son during the holidays looking for a rest and a little skiing. Along with every one else, he found a fair share of the former and very little of the latter. "We did have a good evening together. I saw Art Rose and his wife briefly about the same time when they brought their son back to College from the Christmas holidays. Art seems not to miss many opportunities for getting back to town while his son is in College. Dan Marx and his family are back in this country after being abroad almost a year with the ECA in Paris. He is now continuing his leave on a fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Studies. I saw Larry Lougee and his wife Mary for a few minutes the other day when they were in town for a short visit. They were in the usual good spirits even though they were disappointed in not finding some skiing in Hanover. HeinieRichardson, who has been Superintendent of Schools in White River, is leaving there this month to become Superintendent of Schools in Sharon, Massachusetts. On all sides I hear the most genuine regrets that Heinie is leaving this job and these parts. He made a great place for himself in White River and the surrounding community. Finally, I might report that I had a very nice note from Herb Fish who is, as I believe you know, with the Caltex Oil Company in Tokyo. Life seems to be going busily and well with him and he even offered to run down some good Japanese students for us if we were in need of them. Herb s address is: c/o Caltex Oil (Japan) Ltd., P. O. Box 347 Central, Tokyo, Japan. That about completes my budget of '29 news for the past few weeks. All is well with us at home and I'll only say again that we are always genuinely glad to see any '29ers who get up this way."

Inches Pierce, partner of H. M. Payson & Co., Portland, Maine, has been elected to the Executive Committee of the New England Division of the Investment Bankers Association.

Bob Carr had an article in the New YorkTimes Magazine, Sunday, January 22. It is entitled "To Secure These Rights" and is devoted to the main thesis that "education helps but legislation is necessary to bring all our citizens their civil rights."

George Case, Vice President & Treasurer of the Lamson & Sessions Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, reports:

"In the vital statistics department, my children are babies no longer. My youngest daughter is eleven, my other daughter is fourteen and my 17-year-old son is trying to get into Hanover for the Class of 1954. I don't see too many of our Class although I try to borrow money occasionally from Morrie Hartman (with good results). BillStrcwgivard is an old neighbor of mine ana, although I don't see him very often, I understand he is doing well. Last year I had the pleasure of helping Dick Burke go over the hill on his fortieth birthday. X enjoyed seeing Mary and their two fine daughters. Dick and Mary have built themselves a nice home out in the country and Dick is a 'big shot' at Sears-Roebuck. Every once in awhile I bump into Fred Ingram. We helped his company out during the war and still do some business with them. I haven t seen Jack Ackley since the reunion, nor Gus Wiedenmayer. Gus and Peg had a nice visit in Europe, I have been told. The other 29er's I see very once in awhile but not long enough to learn much about them. ElmerFricek and Bill Erwin were at a recent Dartmouth luncheon for applicants for admission to Hanover but I didn't have time to find out what goes with them. When we were in College we studied a lot in Economics classes about 'normal times. If anybody has seen any such kind of times I wish they would let me know. It seems that the only thing normal nowadays is abnormality."

And from old Judge Hodson of Seattle'sSuperior Court:

"Hessie and I recently sold our Seattle home and moved into a new ranch-style house which we built in Bellevue, eleven miles from the court house. With the new house goes a new car, several new electrical appliances, a new horse with saddles, bridles, hay, oats, pitchfork, etc., and, inevitably a new mortgage. Accordingly, I am going to have my judicial nose close to the grindstone for the next several years. I hope by due diligence to be out of the woods three and onehalf years from now when our older daughter will be ready for college. I really haven't any news to offer, except that we are all well and getting a big bang out of living in the country. This week we have had one of our rare snowfalls, and the kids have had a great time sliding and skiing in the pasture. One of the neighbors came by yesterday and took Hessie for a sleigh ride. The courts were at pretty much of a standstill from Christmas to New Year, because the spirit of Peace on Earth inhibits the litigious spirit at that time, and according I was able to stay home for about ten days and help Hessie get dug out of the boxes and barrels. We had moved on December 19th, and we are not settled yet. The horse we bought is a little mare, three-quarters thoroughbred and one-quarter Morgan. It sure has brought about a renewal of my youth to be able to go out and ride right out of my own back yard. The mare is a little too much horse for Hessie and the kids, but I am gradually getting her quieted down and will soon be looking for another critter for myself. When we first came West we simply couldn't afford riding so we gave it up, and we made the mistake of failing to develop any substitute outdoor activity. We don't hunt or fish as most people do here, and I never learned to play golf. As I get older I feel a physical need for some kind of outdoor activity, and so does Hessie. That was one of the controlling reasons why we decided to move to the country where we could resume the horsy interest which we had twenty years ago."

Cal Soriero, Manager of the Washington office of National Surety Corporation admits to a "thankless task of dubious honor: after serving as director and finance chairman during a $150,000 expansion program, I was elected President of the Belle Haven Country Club, Alexandria, Virginia!"

Doctor Dave Cogan, head research man at Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary o£ M. G. H. in Boston, offers the following "anecdotes that might be of general interest."

"I have just returned from an exciting (for me) odyssey in Japan. I was sent by the National Research Council to make a survey_ of the atom bombed population with the specific charge of determining whether or not cataracts had resulted from the bomb's ionizing radiations such as had occurred from exposure to various cyclotrons. Spent two months in Hiroshima and a short time in Nagasaki with a lot of week-ending in southern Japan. Found about 2 percent of the survivors who had been within one kilometer of the hypocenter at the time of the explosion were developing cataracts from the radiation and many more had various burn and blast injuries. What was especially interesting was the people's attitudes. None of them (and I interviewed about two thousand) seemed to bear any resentment for the bombing and, with few exceptions, all were most cordial and cooperative in our study. The manners of the Japanese make a most favorable impression on a foreigner and their hospitality is something that many of us could well emulate. My one regret was that my stay in Tokyo was too short to contact Kyo, Fukuda and other 29-ers who are in Japan. A year ago I spent two months in Germany with the Unitarian Service Committee touring the various Universities exchanging lectures with the various faculties. I became thoroughly missionary minded and still feel that the best way to promote international understanding is through contacts at a personal level. What we would like to do is make a similar tour of goodwill through Russia but so far our letters of proposal have not been answered. Do we have any influential 29-ers near the Kremlin?"

Charlie Dudley, on tour, in mid-January "spent evening—10:30 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. with Aly Cooley—I was tied up at Men's Apparel us well—and on a week day, too. Called Hughie Johnson '30 with whom I'll have lunch tomorrow to hear about the bible of the securities industry and his lecture tour which included seeing Carl Spaeth and PhilThompson. Carl is legal advisor to Gov. Warren, expects to be in politics during his sabbatical and turned down an attractive offer to become Chancellor of University of Buffalo. Phil Thompson sat in front row looking as young as he did in college and taking just as many notes. Fran and I are on way to National Sporting Goods Show in Chicago and will go up to Wisconsin for a few days before returning to Lake Placid for the International Winter Games. Will try to see McGibbon, Burke and some of the boys. Did write the equipment section of the American Ski Annual. Was a pleasure to give a boost to Hal Hirsch on the very smart 'tie print' jackets."

Bob Lyle's appointment as Headmaster of Sidwell Friends School, Washington, D. C., was recently announced. Bob, who has been acting headmaster since August 1949 was the unanimous choice of the Board from a group of widely-known educators who had been under consideration. The news story in the Washington Star of February 24 continues:

"Mr. Lyle received his A.B. degree from Dartmouth College in 1929 and master's degree from Cornell in 1940. He was born in Englewood, N. J., in 1907 and attended the high school there and Mercersburg Academy before entering Dartmouth. After he left college, Mr. Lyle taught for a year at St. George's School, Newport, R. I. and from 1930 until 1934, at the Peddje School, Hightstown, N. J. He came to Sidwell in 1934 as a teacher of Latin and later became assistant to the headmaster. In 1942, Mr. Lyle resigned from the school faculty to enter the Navy as a lieutenant. He served until he returned to Sidwell last summer, except for one year when he was with the Odyssey Press in New York. His service in the Navy was with Air Intelligence, first with Fleet Air Wing I, based in the Solomon Islands, and later on the staff of the commander of Carrier Division 25. He took part in the invasion of Palau, Leyte, Lingayen, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. After hostilities ended, Mr. Lyle was with the staff of the Naval Intelligence School in Washington and in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations. He received the Commendation Ribbon and the Presidential Unit Citation, the World War Victory Ribbon, the Philippine Invasion Ribbon with one star, and several battle stars in the Asiatic Pacific Theater."

A handsome picture of Eddie Walsh accompanies the New York Times Supplement of January 24 announcing his appointment as Manager of Sales for the Atlantic Division of the American Can Company. Handsome is as handsome does: Remember our Reunion beer mugs!

GOP LEADER: David Martin '29, Republican State Chairman in Nebraska, has spent a good part of the winter touring the state and strengthening political fences for the next campaign.

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