1929

John Corson Blair, Esquire, partner in the New York patent law firm of Watson, Johnson, Leavenworth and Blair, loves to write (and writes well), loves the Class of 1929 (who doesn't?) and loves Andres (mirable dictu). Proof follows. In the accompanying snapshot, especially taken for this column while Jack was on a recent visit to Hingham and Cambridge, Jack is not really out of character as some might suspect. He is simply exhibiting the fundamental sweetness which more often is overshadowed by his perhaps more forceful qualities. Jack's write-up follows:

Your request that I help you write your next column in the MAGAZINE is considered a compliment. I will attempt to rise to the Occasion. Perhaps I can set down a few bits of news and what-not which have not appeared in Twenty-Nine Up. Frankly, after a season as the so-called "editor" of that green rag, I find myself somewhat "writ-out." Add to this the fact that I am scheduled to throw another Twenty-Nine Up together in the very near future, and I think you will agree that I will be more writ-out shortly. Remember, Bill, I am not a seasoned and venerable editor of more than two score years' experience such as yourself. And may I say, in passing, that my hat is off to you for the way you have met that monthly deadline month after month and year after year. I know it's not easy and you deserve infinitely more than the doffing of Blair's last year's hat. However, I am afraid you will have to content yourself with such tawdry compliment for the moment.

Let us dwell on life with Blair and family in the country and city, if you will. Otherwise,, turn the page. After spending some 18-odd years on the 49th floor of the Lincoln Building overlooking the Hudson River (known as. the North River to New Yorkers), I made not one change but two. I came down to the tenthfloor of the Reynolds Building on 47th Street, looking at (not into) the windows of the Ritz across the street. Strangely enough, the river traffic viewed from the 49th floor was much the more distracting. I assume (not from experience) that this is so because when one reaches that station in life where one dwells at the Ritz, one makes certain that one's drapesare forever drawn to shut out vulgar optical intrusions of those who are sometimes referred to in the press as "peeping Toms," and, incidentally, one never refers to the drapes as shades. My partner, Black, after a year and a half of intensive research reported the situa- tion to be similarly dull—nothing but bricks and draped glass. I am glad to report that I have now risen from all of this to the 28th floor of 100 Park Avenue with an excellent view of the East River. Some of you know that this is one of the city's newest buildings in the Grand Central district on the site of the old Murray Hill, complete with all modern gadgets, including air-conditioning. One could not have a nicer place to work, could one? So much for the city. There are several other aspects which might be mentioned, but I deem it best to dwell on such things asrivers, office buildings, etc. And so we will pass to more interesting surroundings—the country.

I abandoned the city in 1940, building a country house in Stamford. At that time, my family comprised one wife (beautiful and. scarcely out of the "bride" category), one baby daughter ("Chilla" by name) and one dog (a dachshund, "Flash" by name). You are free to speculate as to how I acquired a beautiful wife. I must admit to an excellent selling job. Quite possibly I missed my proper calling. This involved a daily commute of one hour and ten minutes each way per working day. It was, I proclaimed, as far as I would ever live from the office. So, in 1950, I moved to New Canaan adding another 20 minutes each way to my commuting time—and without protest. In truth, I have become so hardened to commuting trials and tribulations that it is no longer a problem. In these ten years, a few things had happened to my family. My wife Cynthia is considerably further away from her bridal threshold, but still beautiful. Chilla is now a young lady of—well, just 12. Flash is an old man of 13. Bobby, age 9, has appeared on the scene. In fact, he is very much in evidence. At times, I thank God for television—particularly during the "happy time" before dinner. There is also (just to keep the joint out of the doldrums) Daphne, a Great Pyrenees (a white St. Bernard to some of you mugs), Archibald, a Welsh Corgi, and Captain, a horse (breeds unknown). This is my official family, but usually there are some unofficial intruders. These remain with me only on sufEerance—or until I can find some diplomatic method of liquidation. At the moment, I am dealing with a thing in our midst known as a hamster affectionately called "Miss Tittlemouse" by Chilla. This species of the animal kingdom is a cross between a mouse and a rat, brown in color, with a ravenous appetite, distinctly obese and foul of smell. It is a female who has had three separate husbands, all of whom died within 24 hours without (censored). No hamster "blessed events." Thank God for such kind favors.

I hope I will be pardoned if I say a few words about my children. About the first word Chilla was able to say was "horse" and it's still going on. It was inevitable that, at the tender age of six or so, she was in the saddle and still is. I take pardonable pride in reporting that she is now one of the most accomplished riders in her age group in the surrounding countryside with many "blues" to prove it. I might add that this vicinity is quite "horsey." Until they were chopped off late this summer, she had long pigtails (literally down to the waist). It was quite a sight seeing her take the jumps with those pigtails flying. I also have, in Bobby, a natural ballplayer, who already has a whip throw which is all the old man can handle. I figure him to be a sure-fire operator around the "hot corner" where he already showed great promise on one of our cub teams this summer. He can also throw bullet passes on the run with great accuracy. This brings me to a sore subject. This is the heart of Yaleland. I want to tell you, those fellows are smart operators. They start on the very young using all of the best propaganda techniques. Fundamentally, it is the old "black is white1' approach. Constant repetition makes black white. Constant repetition makes Yale the best college in these United States." However, they are having their troubles explaining the Yale team this fall. As you know, the Whippersnapper likes very much to be on the winning side.

Well, I think you've had enough on the Blair family to last a good many years, but before closing out I must add that one of New Canaan's highly respected citizens who serves on the school board of New Canaan Country Day, among other civic duties, is none other than our Jack Gunther. As many of you know, Jack and Gerry are ensconced in a lovely home which they built several years ago. Then there is Ginter Pratt, technically not a New Canaanite because he lives over the border in New York State. However, he commutes from here and I often see him around town. I believe that is all of 1929, although there are numerous Dartmouths here.

Now and then at the Dartmouth Club I see such familiar faces as that of The Staff, that of Hodge (less hair), that of Carl Pittlekow (ditto), that of Harry Enders (ditto, also dieting; also president of the Club), that of Gunther (plenty, but grey), that of Brinkerhoff (plenty and not grey), that of Hubbard (enough—over-all silvery effect), that of Mayher (no comment—just married), that of Swope (well, after all, why should I tell you?). Seen on Park Avenue, looking very dapper and every inch the top-flight banker, why none other than Wiedenmayer, of course.

Did I say I was "writ-out"? I had intended to do a job on The Staff and family but it is much too late. This will have to wait. I must go to bed and rest. This Friday we are taking off for one of those quiet weekends in Hingham with the Barretts. Amen!

1929 Fund Contributors

428 Gifts (Participation Index 84). Total gifts: $14,946.37 (97% of objective). GEORGE B. REDDING, Class Agent.

Anderson, Arthur J. (Friend) Haller, Julius F. (Friend) Abbott, Edward E. Ackley, John W., Jr. Adams, Frederick E. Alexander, William Allen, Dwight H. Allen, Jonathan A. Andres, F. William Angell, John H. Ardiff, Ralph E. Arliss, Edward P. Armstrong, Frederick P. Armstrong, James W. Arthur, John R. Austin, Robert W. Babcock, Talbot Badger, Kingsbury M. Baehr, Harry W., Jr. Baker, Henry H., Jr. Baker, Morgan Balkam, Stephen B. Ball, Herbert M. Ball, John A. Bankart, Norman M. Banks, Reed C. Barney, Wendell R. Barrett, Richard F. Barrows, N. H., Jr. Barto, Wellington F. Beadel, Robert O. Beede, Merrill G. Bellerose, Alberic H. Beloin, Harold H. Benjamin, R. Allen Bergeron, Arthur J. Bergstrom, Walter C. Bertch, A. Carl

Beshlin, Richard M. Bete, Channing L. Biron, Paul E. Bissell, Herbert D. Black, Richard W. Blair, John C. Bogar, John A. Boras, Peter J. Born, Christian Bott, G. Morrill Bowler, James F. Brabb, John H. Bradley, Bartlett B. Brainerd, Ossian E. Brandt, Robert C. Braverman, A. Marvin Brinkerhoff, Robert H. Brisach, Raymond C. Brittan, T. Truxtun, Jr. Brown, Forest M. Brown, Richard W. Brownlee, Theodore R. Bryant, John W. Bryer, Wayne P. Buffington, Arthur C. Bunn, William B. Burke, Richard S. Burnham, Bernard A. Butler, Ralph R. Campbell, Frederick G. Canby, Edward Capalbo, Thomas J. Carpenter, Edwards S. Carr, Robert K. Carter, Irving R. Case, George S., Jr. Cate, Robert M. Cavanagh, J. Ellsworth Childs, Donald J. Chinlund, Edwin C.

Clements, John Clifford, Arthur F. Clow, Arthur P. Coddington, Edwin B. Cogan, David G. Cogswell, Edward F. Coles, William F. Condon, William B. Conlon, John M. Conrad, Robert T. Cook, John B. Cooley, Alfred A. Corbett, John C. Cornehlsen, John H., Jr. Cort, John J., Jr. Crowell, Mortimer L., Jr. Crowley, Archie H. Crowley, Walter F. Cummins, Thomas R. Danforth, Richard L. Darling, Charles E. Davenport, William H. Davis, Eugene M. Davis, John A. Deans, Edwin V., Jr. Dearth, John A. Delaney, Daniel H. D'Elia, Arthur J. Denny, Charles V. D'Esopo, Joseph A. Diack, Arch W., Jr. Dickey, John S. Dinsmore, Philip D. Dodge, William G. Doe, Richard T. Donovan, David J. Downing, Alfred P. Drake, Robert T. Dudley, Charles M. Dudley, David Eberline, Richard F. Ehler, Adrian A. Ellick, Robert P. Enders, Harry H. Exton, Richard K. Fairchild, Robert D. Felch, Edwin P., Jr. Fennerty, Harry A. Ferrini, Maugo O. Ffnlay, Allan R. Fish, Herbert M., Jr. Fisher, Albert C. Fitzpatrick, Philip E. Flannery, Wilbur E. Floyd, Allen R. Flynn, H. Leonard Foss, George H. Foster, Frank P. Foulks, H. Arthur Fowler, Edward E. Fricek, Elmer F. Friedberg, Stanton A. Friend, Robert A. Fryberger, Robert M. Fukuda, Kyosuke Fyler, Earl H. Gage, Phillip H. Gaynor, Charles B. Georgopulo, Panos A. Goble, Edwin P. Goddard, Paul M. Goldsmith, Charles Goodwin, Webster Goudey, M. Russel Gray, Douglas M. Griffin, Gilbert L. Gulick, Howard B. Gunther, Jack D. Gurney, Theodore Gutterson, Walter C. Hale, Lawrence S. Hannan, W. Everett, Jr. Hanssmann, Irving J. Harden, Charles M. Hartman, Morris J. Hartstone, H. Nelson Hayes, Thomas E. Hazard, Robert C. Heap, Joe Heath, Morris L. Hedger, Raymond C. Heeremans, William E. Heister, Edwin W. Helmick, Robert J. Henretta, William T. Hersam, George A., Jr. Hesselman, Tennyson Hetfield, Walter L., 3rd Hirsch, Harold S. Hodge, James G. Hod son, James W. Hoffman, Philip E.

Holmes, Oliver W. Holmes, Stanley S. How, Edward K. Howell, Walter A. Hubbard, John C. Hubbard, John R. Hudson, William P. Hughes, John Ross Hume, George A., Jr. Hunke, Richard E. Hunsicker, John F. Huston, Harris H. [ngram, J. Frederick Ingram, Mason I. Irving, John W. [rwin, J. William [vey, William T. Jackson, Charles A. Jacobitti, Edmund E. Jacobson, Arthur G. Jameson, Paul C. Jamieson, Van Ness Jaquith, Morton C. Jeffery, Donald F. Jewell, Seth W. Johnson, Lloyd Johnson, Richard Johnson, Stanfield B. Johnston, B. Lytton Jones, Laflin C. Jones, Robert S. Kelsey, Paul S. Kenison, Frank R. Kennedy, George E. Kent, Lloyd W. Keyes, William O. King, Charles W. Kirkpatrick, Walter A. Knight, John E. Kong, Walter Y. L. Kotchen, Alfred F. Krist, Henry K. Kuhns, Richard McC. Laffey, John W., Jr. Lane, George H. Latham, James H. Leavitt, Benjamin B. Lehman, Sayler Leich, Harold H. Levitas, Irving M. Lewis, Harry T. Levy, Herbert S. Liberty, E. Spencer Liss, Herman Lister, W. Earl Little, Sherman Lockwood, Warren S. Loeb, James 1., Jr. Losey, Joseph W. Lougee, Laurence W. Loucks, Jack Loveland, James N. Lovell, Joseph N., Jr. Lundgren, Manfrid A. Luten, Daniel 8., Jr. Lyle, Robert S. McClure, Robert W. MacCornack, Donald A. McCreery, W. Herbert McEntee, Francis J. Mackay, Charles E., Jr. McKean, George H. McKelvey, George McC. McKenna, J. Cleveland McLachlan, George A. Mac Murray, Robert Macnair, Kenneth M. McNamara, John S. McQuiston, J. Walter Magenau, William Mandelbaum, M. H., Jr. Marble, George W. Marmion, William H. Marshall, Henry W. Martin, David T. Martin, H. Proctor Martin, Harry S. Martin, John W., Jr. Marx, Daniel, Jr. Mather, Malvern J. May, Philip S. Mayher, Philip, Jr. Maynard, Thomas L. Meany, John R. Merkel, Edward W. Merson, Harry S. Michael, Karl B. Middleton, Franklin H. Milligan, John G. Monahan, Robert S. Montamat, Harold E. Moran, Kenneth M.

Morgan, J. William Morgan, Richard R. Morris, J. Lincoln Morse, Herbert O. Moulton, Ralph A. Moxon, John W. Naylor, George M., Jr. Nichols, Howard G. Nickerson, Kingsbury S. Nighswander, Arthur H. Nivison, Roland A. Nord, Wesley A. Norden, Carl F. Odell, Joseph R. O'Leary, Joseph A. Orr, Dudley W. Owsley, Richard P. Page, Kenneth M. Page, William O. Paisley, Laurance A. Pallister, Mervin G. Palmer, R. Stuart Panoras, Nicholas T. Parker, John Parrott, John R. Payne, John C., Jr. Payne, Louis G. Phelps, Charles B. Phelps, Edson E. Phelps, J. Thomason Piazza, Joseph S. Pierce, Carrell K. Pillsbury, John D., Jr. Piret, George A. Pittelkow, Karl G. Piatt, Stanley K. Plumb, Edward H. Porter, Alan D. Pratt, John L. Prichard, Charles R., Jr. Pritchard, Josiah W. Purdy, Bronson H. Purse, Clifford B. Quebman, John H. Ramage, Robert H. Randlett, E. Prescott Reading, Rollin J. Redding, George B. Richardson, Edward L. Richardson, Herman H. Rigby, Lisle C. Ripley, Harold C. Rising, Philip D. Robin, Richard M. Rock, Mathew Rogers, L. Baird Rolfe, Maurice W. Rose, Arthur B. H. Rosenthal, Alan H. Ross, James B., 2nd Ruff, Joseph J., Jr. Russell, Percy H., Jr. Ryan, Arthur Rydstrom, Arthur G. Salomon, Noel W. Sanders, John F. Sanders, Richard B. Sanford, Robert D., Jr. Scales, Benjamin R. Schuh, Wendell L. Schutte, A. Henry Scott, George Sentney, Kenneth E. Shackford, Theodore T.

Shaeffer, Charles M. Sharpe, Henry R. Shea, Charles A. Sherman, Harold M., Jr. Sherwood, Walter DeW. Shiraeff, Dmitry A. Shirley, Lawrence W. Shugart, James W., Jr. Siegesmund, Carl E. Simmons, Stanley L. Simonds, Robert V. Simpson, Donald R. Simpson, Herbert P. Sine, Brett F. Sisson, Frederick R., Jr. Small, Frank E. Smith, George H. Smith, Gordon B. Soriero, Calvin A. Spaeth, Carl B. Spangler, John W. Sparks, Robert B. Spetnagel, Edward L., Jr. Sprague, Robert M. Stacey, Benjamin F. Starrett, Austin L. Stearns, Jefferson H. Stein, Henry J. Stokes, Thomas Stollmeyer, Charles R. Stone, Shepard A. Stoodley, Bartlett H. Strangward, William P. Strickland, M. Carter Sutherland, Bruce Swan, Dean C., Jr. Swope, Gerard, Jr. Sykes, Lawrence A. Talbott, Raymond B. Taylor, W. Harlan Thompson, John F. Torbert, Willis M. Townsend, Leslie M. Tucker, Millard N. Tunnell, Robert G. Turnbull, John R. Updyke, Gerald A. Vaught, Edgar S., Jr. Vincent, Nicholas F. K. Vollmer, Erwin P. Vossler, Edward W. Waite, Stephen B. Walker, Harold B. Walsh, Edward K. Walsh, Joseph A., Jr. Walsh, Robert M. Watkins, John B., Jr. Weaver, Sherman Webb, Joseph F., Jr. Welch, Albert R. Wiedenmayer, Gustave E. Wieler, John W. Willard, Wallace W. Williams, Frank T. Williamson. Wm: H., Jr. Wilson, Francis S., Jr. Wilson, Kenneth E. Wilson, Walter E. Winsor, Harry 0., Jr. Wollison, Herbert B. Woodbridge, Paul C. Worth, Theron O. Wright, Gregory G. Yellin, Jacob J.

TWENTY-NINERS ALL: Guest Editor Jack Blair (r) has a welcome chat with his old friends Hal Hirsch (I), en route from Portland, Ore., to Europe; and Bob Austin, professor at Harvard Business School.

CLASS AGENT GEORGE B. REDDING '29

Secretary, 75 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass. Treasurer, 1728 Beechwood Blvd., Pittsburgh 17, Pa. Memorial Fund Chairman, Air Reduction Co., Inc., 60 E. 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y.