1915
From way way South of the Border BobMac Hale writes our Treasurer as follows:
'I am enclosing a check for the sum of US $1.00 to cover class dues for the years 1950-51 and 1951-52.
"It is indeed a pleasure to receive our DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE down here in Sao Paulo, and I would not want the supply cut off.
Living in foreign lands most of the time, I do not have much of an opportunity to get back to Hanover, nor to contact our classmates in America. However, late next year I hope to get back for at least a six months holiday. During my visit I'll drop in to extend personal greetings, as "Friendly around Boston a great deal of the time. Friendly greetings and every good wish to all our classmates of 1915."
Dick Putney '50, son of Mrs. Willis R. Putney is studying for an advanced degree at the University of Michigan.
Al Livingston, prominent West Coast mortgage banker, was in New York on business in early December.
Joan Fredericks, daughter of Bob and MillyFredericks, and recent Skidmore graduate, is doing technical work at Syracuse University Medical School.
One of the rewarding parts of being 1915's Secretary is an occasional letter from EbenClough. This boy has an inimitable style more expressive and amusing than anyone we have read since the late Ring Lardner. Here is a sample:
"Had a coupla callers other night ago when Chan and Dot Foster dropped in at camp. By the way, we were down there with guests durin the big blow and narry a shingle left the roof, although the butterfly in the chimney roared for several hours and skart hell outa me for awhile. "Well, wed had some new bar stools added to the front of our bar and the Fosters passed inspection first hand and whilst Chan enjoyed the view outa the winder Dot and lile ole me proceeded to liven up things with a beaker or two of quinine tonic plus 30 minnimums of sweet spirits of grogg plus a story now and then. Mama she take one or two now and then and is nice to Chan. Well, they left durin the wee small hours feelin no pain and happy at seeln them bar stools installed. And they have concluded that it is easier to sit on them stools than to stand around all night and git lame."
Our West Coast lumber tycoon Chuck Ingram flew in and out of New York on a brief pre-Christmas business trip.
Department of Nostalgia continued Remember when Hanover's only indulgence in the cinema was the annual visit of Lyman Howe's pictures? The show usually appeared for several performances in Webster Hall. It ran strongly to travelogues with cartoons for comedy relief. It was 20 years ahead of its time in achieving sound effects. This was done by having people back of the screen talk, imitate surf, simulate horses' hoofs, etc. The synchronization of sound to picture was amazingly good. The only trouble with the performance was they charged a half dollar admission.
My old roommate Oats Hovey doesn't writeoften but when he does, his letters are hardto beat. For example:
"For a little over four years I have been working with U. S. Steel Corporation of Delaware. We have been on a research job which necessitated my being in Los Angeles for about three weeks. As neither Fanny nor I had ever been to the Pacific Coast, we made a trip of it, taking one of the American Express tours from Chicago, visiting Colorado Springs, the Grand Canyon, stopping over in Los Angeles and then continuing on up to San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Glacier Park, Great Falls, Montana and then home.
"Am still a devotee of the slide rule, having been engaged on design work for nearly 30 years, first on bridges, then railroad cars. The same fundamentals we learned in Thayer School plus some later additions from aircraft design books and the works of Dr. Timoshenko. Have even made sort of a hobby of Mechanics of Materials, which I am sure would please Professor Holden, for I fear he held serious doubts of my interest in that direction.^
"About 20 years ago Fanny decided that I should sing, so I joined a volunteer choir and have been at it intermittently ever since. At present am in the choir of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, which is quite a large congregation housed in a beautiful structure given by the Mellon family. We have an expert musical director and a choir of about 50 voices. "We broadcast locally four times a year and last month they put us on a national hookup, which was an interesting experience. Being next to the oldest member of the choir, they also made me a deacon. Must have looked the part, with bald head and white fringe. The young ideas still seem to persist, however, and almost wished I hadn't given away my skis when we had the big snow a week ago. However, it s probably best to keep them a memory for very practical reasons."
To which I can only add that this singing business is nothing new. You used to sound wonderful in the shower.
Much has been said over the years of the loyalty of Dartmouth men to their College and all of its activities. And properly so. However, the loyalty of Dartmouth wives is frequently taken for granted and sometimes passed by unnoticed. Yet, but for their skillful touch many a Dartmouth activity would fall flat. How many realize that for years Pearl Richardson has rolled out before daylight on the days preceding the Harvard game preparing comestibles for the annual 1915 cocktail party in Kike's office? Greater love than this hath no Class!
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Huntress announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Louise Huntress, to Mr. Robert Cook Daniels of Melrose. Miss Huntress was graduated from the Brimmer and May School and is a senior at Wheelock College. Mr. Daniels was graduated from Mt. Hermon School and from Boston University, College of Business Administration. He served with the Navy Air Force during World War II.
Word has only recently been received of the death in November of Mrs. George E. Wanamaker, mother of Bags Wanamaker. The class extends its sympathy to Bags.
As this is written, Johnnie Johnson is scheduled to take a round-the-world cruise starting January 6, and returning May 21.
Your secretary was in Washington for a few hours in late December and tried futilely to reach Adams, Gray, Pearce and Walker by phone. He was successful in getting through to Johnny Pendleton who reported he had just recovered from an eye infection.
Mrs. Willis R. Putney returned to her home in Burlington, Vt., just before the Holidays, following an airplane trip to Mexico and Guatemala.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
Maynard B. Andrus, 503 Greely Street, Orlando, Fla. Adolphe W. English, Three Mile Hill Road, Middlebury, Conn. John C. Kimball, 5200 Gulf Boulevard, St. Petersburg, Fla.
ARAB SCHOOLS use the texts prepared by Leslie Leavitt '16, who is shown here with his wife at his adopted college, American University of Beirut. An expert on secondary schools in the Near East, he is on academic leave in the U. S. this year.
Secretary, 24 Midland Ave., White Plains, N. Y,
Treasurer, 60 Stevens Rd., Needham 92, Mass.
Memorial Fund Chairman, 128 Essex Ave., Glen Ridge, N. J.
