1923

We have heard from George G. (Bud) Fisher, who lives at Cragswold, Scarsdale, N. Y. He is unmarried, having been widowed almost 20 years ago. He was only at Dartmouth a year and one half, and then graduated from Princeton in 1924. His first job was with an investment banking house in New York, and he has been an officer of the New York legislative assembly, a securities promotion specialist with the U. S. Treasury, a naval Commander and director of sales development division of the War Assets Admin. Because of his interest in both Dartmouth and Princeton he really had a time at last fall's P-D football game! He says,

"As both Dartmouth and Princeton are in my blood, that game nearly gave me a split personality! I believe it was one of the greatest and most spinetingling games I have ever seen. I'm mighty proud of the sportsmanship and spirit of both teams. As a member of the Princeton Club of New York, I frequently wander over to the Dartmouth side of the Club and look with nostalgia at the pictures of Dartmouth Row. My boss in the Navy was James Forrestal, a Princeton man who had also transferred from Hanover. My loyalty to both great colleges is not a divided loyalty that dilutes my enthusiasm for either college; rather, it is like the natural reaction of a boy to his two parents."

Bill Fine is another classmate who only spent a year in Hanover. He is managing partner of W. A. Fine and Company, his own outfit, who are stock brokers. His entire career has been in the field of investment securities, except for a spell with the 36th Division Red Cross in Sicily, Italy and France. Bill is single and lives at 461 Riverdale Ave, Yonkers, N. Y.

H. S. (Hal) Fitz continues with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Cos, where he is commercial manager. For a piece after 1923 Hal worked for R. H. Macy. Then he was staff analyst for American Tel and Tel, until 20 years ago when he lined up with his present outfit. Hal was married 19 years ago, to Wilson Cox of Richmond, Va., and the Fitz's have one son and one daughter. They live at 5413 Worthington Drive, Washington 16, D. C.

Ken Fortune has been in the sales department of Schraffts, in Boston; served as vice president and general manager of Daggett Chocolate Cos, in Cambridge, Mass.; and now is packaging engineer with the Robert Gair Co., Inc., N. Y. C., purveyors of folding cartons. Ken is married and lives in Stratford, Conn. The Fortunes have two children.

Fred Frankel, of Homestead Place, Harrison, N. Y., runs the show at Frankel Connector Co., New York City, where he has been connected ever since graduation. Fred married Lucille Walker, who was a Goucher College girl, back in 1930. Their son John is 11, and Marjorie Ann is 6. Freshman year at Dart- mouth Ferd was one of the South Fayer crew, and roomed with Ed Laventall.

Walter C. (Bill) Gates—the same Bill who fan the annual Class fathers and sons dinner in 1948 and 1949 up in Hanover, so success- fully—is vice president and merchandise manager of John Wilson and Cos., Inc., in Greenfield, Mass. He's been with the firm for 13 years. His earlier career includes periods with D. H. Brigham in Springfield, Mass., where he was assistant fur buyer; with G. Fox in Hartford, where he was fur buyer; with the Reynolds Co., of Burlington, Vt., where he was merchandise manager; and as salesman with the Mass Mutual Life. The Gates' have two sons, age 18 and 22, Hamilton and Dick.

Wood Gauss was married to Lib Meanor in 1930. She graduated from Randolph-Macon Women's College, in Lynchburg, Va. Their two kids are now 15 and 11, a girl and a boy. The Gauss family hangs out at 103 East 84th Street, N. Y. C. Wood is assistant director of Magazine Advertising Bureau, Inc., on Madison Ave., which outfit is engaged in the "promotion of national consumer magazines as a social and advertising force in America," and Wood has been with them for 3 years, after a long and successful life in the advertising and sales promotion field. As sideline hobbies, he is active in the University Glee Club of New York and the National Guard. Thinking about what he would do differently at Dartmouth, if he had it to do over again, he says, "I'd keep my fruit flies alive, pass genetics, up my French mark, and graduate instead of spending four years in having a great, good time."

One of the growing flock in Florida, Carey(Chuck) Goddard lives down there in Pirie Park, Gainesville, where he practices law. The Goddards, Chuck and Olive, have two grown girls. There must be something to the tall talk about the climate- down that way, 'because Chuck says he still takes the stairways two at a time. He says that his Dartmouth experience gave him a love of nature and outdoor activities, and aroused many intellectual and cultural interests, and he wishes that his location in the interior of Florida did not operate against his seeing more of the Dart- mouths.

Cy Gordon tells a good one about the timewhen we were in college and Cornell beat usat football 59 to 7. It seems that the fraternitybrothers had pressed large sums on him, before his departure for Ithaca, to wager on theGreen. Then—the debacle, and the sorrowfulreturn to Hanover of the team and supporters.Cy says,

"As I recall the home trip we reached Hanover at some ungodly early morning hour and a fine gang of students was turned out to give the team a rousing welcome. We were most astounded, after what had happened. In the excitement I had no time to tell the fraternity brothers who were on deck what had happened to their money, which they had instructed me to bet at all costs, regardless of the odds. That night I went up to the house, and the sad brethren gathered around to hear the bad news, and the inside story of the horrible beating. I reached in my pocket and pulled out the roll of bills they had turned over to me to bet on Dartmouth, and handed it all back. I had never had a chance to bet a dime. Were they happy! And was I ever a hero!"

Clary Goss is senior buyer of women's wear for W. T. Grant. He has been with Grant's for 25 years, following short stints as advertising anager of the Berlin, N. H. Daily Mail and accountant for the Liberty Mutual in Boston. Clary and wife Puss live at 6 Locust Ridge Road, in Larchmont, N. Y. Their red headed son Don is at Hanover now. They also have a daughter Barbara, now 20. And they have a farm, not too far from Hanover, to keep Clary away from the cloisters, whenever he is up country seein' about the hayin'. In a note to this correspondent Clary has some things to say which will interest the Class,

"I feel very strongly that we should keep our Memorial Fund alive, and sometime in the not-toodistant future, maybe a year or two hence, we should call this to the attention of the Class in a low-pressure way, that the fund is not a closed book by any means, and I think this is a very excellent vehicle for giving the College some real help."

(NOTE: The feeling of the class as a wholewas expressed on this subject via the questionnaires.You will remember that these questionnairesincluded the question: What doyou think of following traditional policy andcontinuing to add to our class memorial giftfrom time to time? The answers to this questionwere as follows: Good idea 56%, Don'tlike it 15%, don't know 5%, no answer 24%- In other words, a majority of the men in the class like the idea of continuing to add to our Memorial Fund. Tossing out the questionnaires which gave no answer to this question, 73% °f the men said they liked the idea. Suggestions from the class as to possible "low-pressure" procedures will be welcomed by the executive committees)

Thompson (Grif) Griffin and Gladys, his will eventually be arranged without high explosives, but the situation is definitely very sour. Despite all the surrounding troubles, business in Hongkong continues at a fast pace, and we keep plenty busy. The family is all well which is the most important thing after all. Best chin-chins to the brethren."

Lest we be accused of completely ignoring the home front, we should like to report on a communique received from one of our secret agents, concerning the activities of Bob Gunnell, Vice President of the Bankers Trust Company in New York. Our correspondent tells us that Bob and his wife, after a vacation trip to Delray Beach, have "returned to New York and quickly lost them- selves in their spring ploughing in their lovely terraced apartment garden 16 stories up and overlooking the Hudson." That's the kind of farming we could go for in a big way! Our informant goes on to torture us with his description of trees blossoming on the terrace and "thousands of gorgeous white petunias nodding their pretty little heads in the moonlight." Out of consideration for Bob, we are going to withhold the address of this metropolitan paradise, for should it become known, the place would be mobbed.

Of interest to our Midwestern brethren is the news that a tremendous Dartmouth Pow Wow is in the making, to be held in Detroit on October 6-7, coincident with the playing of the Dartmouth-Michigan game at Ann Arbor. The Big Green team hasn't been seen out in that neck of the woods for 10, these many years, and their appearance next Fall is ample cause for a celebration to end all celebrations. It is our plan to arrange a 1924 party to be held in conjunction with the Pow Wow. Details are now in a formative stage, and we will keep you posted through this column, and The '24 Hour Notice. Keep the date, and plan to be there.

That seems to wind things up for the present. Give a thought to Chick Austin and his boys, and get YOUR contribution off to Hanover tonight. It will mean so much. Thanks a million. See you later.

NICK BERNARD '23 and his charming wife, Peg.

A REMARKABLE COLLEGE AND TEACHING RECORD can be credited to S. Stanley Morris '25 and his family. Shown with Mr. Morris, who is Head of the Departments of Economics and Political Science at the Louisville Municipal College of the University of Louisville, is Mrs. Morris, graduate of Philander Smith College, and their five children. Standing (I. to r.) are Stanley Jr., junior at Louisville Municipal College; Ophelia, A.B., Talladega, A.M. Fisk, who is Assistant Professor of English at Miles College; Willard, now in junior high and a candidate for Dartmouth '59; Mamie, A.B., Talladega, M.S., Wisconsin, who is Assistant Professor of Biology at Rust College; and Ruth, sophomore at Louisville Municipal College. After leaving Dartmouth, Professor Morris studied at Cornell and Harvard and formerly was Acting Dean at Kentucky State College.

Secretary, 1425 Astor St., Chicago 10, Ill. Treasurer, 5 Tyler Rd., Hanover, N. H. Class Agent, 29 E. Main St., Amsterdam, N. Y.