1930

The regularity with which Thirtymen have recently been featured in leading articles in magazines and newspapers would permit your Secretary to establish a "1930's Man of the Month Club." If such were done, certainly Pat Weaver would enjoy the top billing for this issue of the MAGAZINE. In the December 2, 1950 issue of Cue, under the caption headline of "New Yorkers at Home," Pat and his beautiful wife, the former Elizabeth Inglis, and his son Trajan and baby Susan Alexandra, were photographed in several unposed "shots" taken in their apartment. The article commences as follows:

"Until a year or so ago, Sylvester Laflin Weaver was the ideal Dartmouth graduate. A tall (six foot three), handsome, young man, Weaver was an excellent skier, an enthusiastic sailor, a fine tennis player. All this before television reared its demanding head. Now, as vice-president in charge of television for the National Broadcasting Company, he has had to put such diversions behind him. Pat, as he is known to his friends and associates, has found that his private life is a thing of the past. All of his days and most of his nights are given over to the great new medium."

(Secretary's note: Pat is nevertheless interested enough in Dartmouth and the Class of 1930 to make arrangements to attend the 1930 Executive Committee meeting which is planned for January 26 and 27 at Bob Keene's lodge in Etna.) .... Roger "Wis" Clark must be producing a double case of ulcers as he writes, "Am up to my ears preparing TV shows and getting ready to produce another Broadway show."

There is now one less bachelor in the Class of 1930, but the nonchalant manner in which he announced his departure from those hallowed ranks cannot be equaled. In writing a note to Treasurer Charlie Raymond, KelClow stated that for the past year he had been stationed in London and expected to remain there for another two years but that he had made occasional visits to the Continent and had had a few drinks with ClarkDenney who, as of a short time ago, was stationed in Berlin with the Office of the High Commissioner of Germany. Kel then went on to say,

"During a recent trip back to Washington I was married to Jean Ruth Koop, of Saint Mary's, Ohio. The ceremony took place at the Post Chapel, at Fort Myer, Virginia, on November 18."

.... Dud Faust shows up with a new address of Partrick Road, Westport, Conn., which incidentally is the new home of Pete Callaway, ... .Treasurer Charlie Raymond received an entirely unsolicited letter from CarllBuhler in which Carll said:

"It's a pleasure to send you a check for only $4to cover Class running expenses and the ALUMNI MAGAZINE subscription. I would surely miss the MAGAZINE if it ceased coming and I hope the group who rarely or never send in their dues would see it the same way."

Carll is right; have you sent your Class dues to Charlie?

Merit P. White, who was formerly Bomb Damage analyst for the U. S. Strategic Bombing Survey in Germany, and is now head of civil engineering at the University of Massachusetts, will be assisted by a group of scientists and public officials in his new position as head of the newly organized Civilian Defense Organization Committee of Massachusetts to study the protection of structures against bomb blasts. The new committee will prepare specifications for air raid shelters and recommend changes in the design of buildings so as to provide greater resistance to damage resulting from air attack. In addition to his services for the Strategic Bombing Survey during World War 11, Merit was consultant to the Joint Target Group, Assistant Chief for Air Staff, Intelligence, preparing recommendations for aerial war in the Pacific. After the War, Merit supervised more than 100 German physicists who prepared a 15-volume digest describing all German non-military research in physics during the war years ArtBrowning provides a change of address which was effective November 13 and which reads: New York Life Insurance Company, 61 Madison Avenue, New York 17, New York. Art is now Executive Assistant in New York Life Insurance Company where he is assisting in the organization of a Group Department.

.... On December 30 the National Shawmut Bank of Boston announced the promotion of Ray Olsen to his new position as Assistant Vice President of that bank in the Trust Division Bill May sent a post card from Greenville, S. C., depicting a moonshine still in the heart of the nearby mountains and suggested the site as a possibility for our next Reunion.

Gene Magenau, who lives in comparativenearby Concord, has visited Hanover several times in recent months by reason of the illness of his mother who has been a patient in the Mary Hitchcock Hospital. During one visit, Gene registered his 14-year-old son with Director of Admissions AI Dickerson and on another looked up George Lord and on yet another visit found that he was in attendance for the Dartmouth-Lehigh game Snub Poehler, who is principal of the Junior High School at Wilton, Conn., finds that several Thirtymen are involved in school work in Connecticut. Ranny Hobbs is President of the Darien School Board. Fred Moller is on the School Board of Orange, Conn, and recently visited Snub in Wilton. Jim Clark is Superintendent of Schools in Deep River, Conn Paul Freeman has given us his newaddress as at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Paul wrote that he is now a Research Social Scientist with the Human Resources Research Institute of the U. S. Air Force and added:

"This rather bulky and imposing designation is a satisfying one for me to be able to sling around, in view of the very modest one of 'guitar player in a dance orchestra' which I managed to hold, with only a few interruptions, for nearly ten years after 1930."

Two entirely divergent points of view appeared from two different letters received the early part of December from two of our classmates in Cleveland—those letters having been written shortly after the paralyzing snow storm in that section of the country. MacMclnnes wrote as follows:

ihe prospects of enjoying some winter sports at Etna have no appeal after the past week in Cleveland. For several days I had to ski from my home to the Rapid Transit, so my winter sport activities are covered for the year."

A lengthy letter from Lee Chilcote, on the other hand, stated:

"Speaking of snow, we certainly have had a terrific amount within the last week and in fact we were marooned out in our little community for about three days. However, with four Dartmouth graduates in the same neighborhood, we had no trouble thoroughly enjoying the extra holiday and as a matter of fact, the cross-country skiing was absolutely perfect."

Lee went on to report several of the highlights of his Western tour, saying that he and Kay visited Maribel and Ned Grant in Denver and talked over the telephone with BobKohn. In leaving Denver for the West Coast, Lee said that he had heard so much about Chuck Faye's new Western Pacific train that he obtained a reservation and found that the trip more than came up to expectations. While in San Francisco, Lee talked with Chuck and learned that Chuck and Deedee may well be in the East during the first part of this year. On his return trip through Los Angeles, Lee had a most enjoyable talk with his roommate, F.8.1. Agent Dick Hood, whose responsibilities have again automatically increased with the present world situation.

Next month will include at least a summary report of the meeting of your Executive Committee which is scheduled for January 26 and 27 at Bob and Louise Keene's lodge in Etna, N. H., of blessed reunion memory.

PROMOTED: Robert M. Bruce '30, named district manager in General Electric's Receiver Division, now makes his headquarters at Electronics Park, Syracuse, N. Y.

Secretary, Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley & Ketchum I Federal St., Boston 10, Mass.

Treasurer, 56 Jennys Lane, Barrington, R. I.

Memorial Fund Chairman 99 Hudson St., New York 13, N. Y.