1907
Here are some of those interesting communications from classmates as promised in the January issue.
Vic King writes from Paris:
"Your letter of 1 September, 1950 was forwarded to me by one of my sons, Gene G. King '39, our local magistrate. He and his brother, Victor R. King '31, are lawyers in Plainfield, N. J. Your letter was a perfectly wonderful renewal of contact with Dartmouth. Yes, we are all getting older very rapidly and 'No one hears the door that closes, as they pass beyond recall, soft like loosened leaves of roses, one by one our dear friends fall. I notice the same among my associates in the American Cyanamid Co., for whom I have worked since 1916. The occasional reunions at Hanover of our class, which I have had the privilege of attending, are far too little contact and it would be wonderful if we could all see each other more frequently. Your letter to a very great degree helps fill that gap.
"Since the so-called World War I I have worked in the chemical industry and helped in a very small way to create a dye-stuff, etc., industry in our country. My own part was very small, but it has given me great personal satisfaction to see our industry develop to a point where we have not only been standing on our own.feet but, with perhaps some pardonable pride, may feel that in some respects, at least, our country leads in the chemical industry. My company has sent me to Europe very many times and on this particular occasion I have been engaged in announcing the discovery by our scientists of the new antibiotic Aureomycin which is so wonderful. We are building a plant in England and one in France for its production over here. At a recent international congress in Milano (Italy) I read a paper (in Italian) which was so enthusiastically received that it made the headlines in the local papers, flashlight bulb pictures and all. I did the same in French. As soon as production is running well I hope to be able to get back home and get re-Americanized. Also, I want to see our latest grandson (No. 5) who will, I hope, be Dartmouth about 1968. His father, Thos. A. '45 writes that at the age of five months his pitching arm is rapidly developing. I notice, however, that the cost of going to college in our country is so high that it is almost prohibitive. Over here a man can send his sons to college for very much less indeed.
"However, enough writing about myself. I hope you will write another wonderful letter like the last one. Maybe it's a chore, but you can scarcely have an idea how much those of us who are not geographically near Hanover appreciate it.
"I saw Ted Glattfeld and Bob Stokes last July just before Ted and Mabel sailed for Norway. Perhaps you can get a story from him about that part of the world. I hope they had as marvelous a time as we have in Italy and in France and England.
"I'm afraid I have forgotten a very wonderful French (also Italian) proverb—Il a perdu une belle occasion de se taire. Any way, my very best thanks to you."
MORE LETTERS
All of which is a fine introduction, also, to the following letter from Ted Glattfeld:
"Dear Dick: This is in compliance with the request in your recent letter!
"Our last summer's trip to Norway was intensely interesting to us as a vacation experience but I doubt whether a detailed account of it would be interesting to many of my classmates. I did no scientific work, gave no lectures, and visited only one university. Our object was to get reacquainted with our many Norwegian friends, some of whom we had not seen for years. We spent most of our summer in and about Oslo but had about two weeks on the south coast and another two weeks in the mountains above timber line. We found the Norwegians everywhere we went delightful people courteous, hospitable, kind and considerate. And the country is very beautiful. The only thing that disappointed us was the weather!'
And Phil Chase reports on his European trip last summer as follows:
"I attended.the Fourth World Power Conference in London, and then the meetings of the International Electrotechnical Commission in Paris, which consumed a little over two _ weeks. Then we had almost three weeks in Switzerland and Italy Venice, Rome, Naples, Capri, Perugia, Florence, the Italian and French Rivieras, and two days in Geneva and Interlaken. As is clearly apparent, we did not stop long in any one place, but saw a great deal."
The death of Guy Dudley, reported in the Memorial columns of this issue, resulted from a coronary thrombosis which he suffered in Washington, D. C., on November 29. Guy was visiting his college roommate and close friend, Bob Lyon, as he had done regularly for some years on his annual trips to and from Florida. He died in Georgetown Hospital a week after his attack. Bob describes Guy as many of us knew him, modest and retiring, upright and kind, a real friend, and endowed with an unusual sense of humor.
—Another classmate has ended his journey and will be sadly missed by those who are left.
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