1923
It is a pleasure to resume the duties of your scribe for this, our fourth annual go at the job, with such a pleasant ringing in our ears. We refer, naturally, to the clamor of the College cash register, vibrating from the clink of $20,385.25 which '23 plunked in there for the Alumni Fund.
AN ALL-TIME RECORD FOR '25
Our contribution smashed all records; it was the largest contribution any Class has made in the history of the Fund. And to round out the story of our achievements we have some further data to present. Ours was one of 28 classes which met the full amount of their objectives. Ours was one of 12 classes which listed more than 400 contributors. Our performance, both as to number of contributors and dollars given, was our best in several years, and re-establishes us in the major league, our rightful spot.
Some details of the job we did are well worth noting. For example, there were 59 THREE FIGURE MEN this year, compared to 32 in 1949 and 51 in 1950. (These are the men who individually gave $100 or more.) There was the stalwart band of REGULARS, 47 of them, the men who have given every year since graduation. There were the 182 men—God bless 'em!—who increased their gifts this year compared to last year, adding a cool $5218 to the total they put together last year. There were the 29 men who gave this year and not the year before, thus putting together a round grand we didn't have in 1950. There were the eight swell guys who gave this year for the first time ever!
These accomplishments didn't just happen, all by themselves. The Class pitched in to help HEAD MAN LEE YOUNG, and STAFF put us up there. The ASSISTANT AGENTS who helped Lee do the job, who sweated with getting out the vote, so to speak, were these worthies: The Boston Committee, BabeMiner, Bill Juergens and his Gang, FreddyDavis, George Horan, Roy Height, SkinnyMatless, Lew Putnam, George Scammon, DickTownsend, Johnny Moore and Committee,Eddie Lynch, Ralph Dunton, Cannon-Calder,Art Everit, Art Little, Tay Smith, HoraceTaylor, Hal Fitz, Charlie Rice and GeorgeMusk. And our arch-rival, SKIDDOO, should get honorable mention and credit for an assist.
23's EIGHTH ANNUAL RUMP REUNION
Roy Height handled the chairmanship of this affair, and although attendance was on the light side, due primarily to the fact that your correspondent handed him the assignment very late in the summer, the customers had fun. Witness a letter from Lee Young, which goes as follows:
"Honey and I attended the Rump Reunion—went over Saturday and returned Sunday. The Heights,Milbergs, Gauss's, Herzfs (Ardie has a beautiful blonde bride), Ungars, Youngs, Sid Stevens and The Irishman were on hand. The Landauers were about, but didn't get to see them. Also Paul Morgan and wife. Paul pounded out 'Jelly Roll' and all the other oldies and the gang went to the Ski Hut for whoopee. Ben Milberg and Clary Gauss played golf and the last I knew Ben sold all his clubs for $2.50. I can't guess who won. Gauss wouldn't let him get even at bridge. "We all had cocktails together in the Heights' room and dinner at the Inn. A small crowd but lots of fun."
NAMES IN THE SUMMER NEWS
The New York State Association of Colleges of Business Administration, a newly formed organization designed to "promote and improve collegiate education for business in the State," elected Dean Thomas L. Norton of City College of New York's School of Business and Civic Administration president of the group.
The appointment of Pete Hurd to the post of advertising director of Puck—The ComicWeekly was announced. He moved to this job from the vice presidency of the Federal Advertising Agency.
Johnny Foster was elected president of the Montclair, N. J., Golf Club. Johnny is vice president of George Fry and Associates, consulting management engineers of Chicago and New York, and is eastern manager of the firm with headquarters in the New York office.
The Worcester Telegram blossomed out with a grand picture of Sherm Baldwin, on the occasion of his election to the post of assessor of the First Unitarian Church of that city.
Charley Zimmerman, who has been assistant managing director of the Life Insurance Agency Management Association, Hartford, since 1948, has been elected managing director.
Last August 18 Mary Ann Neidlinger was married in Hanover to Bob Kilmarx, the son of 22's Sumner Dudley Kilmarx. Retired Bishop Dallas officiated. Pudge and Marian have two other daughters, twins Mrs. Malcolm McLean and Sally Neidlinger, and they were matron and maid of honor, respectively. Mary graduated from Mt. Holyoke, spent a year in Norway, and has been on the staff of Ginn and Co., publishers. Her new husband graduated from Dartmouth in 1950 and goes to Harvard Law School. Our scouts report that The Irishman was on the scene for the nuptials.
Lief Norstrand has assumed command of Specialty Converters, Inc., Mill Lane, East Braintree, Mass. This shift has resulted in his taking up residence at 218 Prospect St., Hingham.
23's FIFTH ANNUAL '23 NIGHT
By the time this column appears, our archrival, the Editor of the peerless SKIDDOO, will have scooped us with the story of the celebration of the anniversary of our matriculation in Hanover September 23, 1919. At this writing we know that plans are well organized in New York, Boston and Chicago, where Broe and Company, Quencer, and Butch Kimball, respectively, are chairmen. This annual celebration has become a fixture in the scheme of things for our Class, and serves to bring a bunch of us together to talk about old times and about Dartmouth and about ourselves—all satisfactory subjects for conversation and a good background for good fellowship.
JAMES P. STANLEY, 1901-51
With a feeling of sadness we must report to the Class the passing of Jack Stanley, last May 31. An account is included in the InMemoriam section of this issue of the MAGAZINE.
THOMAS L. NORTON '23, Dean of the New York City College School of Business and Civic Administration was recently elected first President of the New York State Association of Colleges of Business Administration, as well as Secretary-Treasurer of the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business.
Secretary,'1425 Astor St., Chicago 10, Ill. Treasurer, 5 Tyler Rd., Hanover, N. H
