1909
Looks like spring is burgeoning in the Gar- den Spot—Aurora, that is. The snow's all off the ground. The crocuses are saying "howdy, folks." Dogs are running in gangs. Cats are caterwauling nights and sleeping days. Robins have arrived from the South. Roosters are run- ning hens ragged. Crows are cawing from wil- low trees. It's spiritual uplift when old Ma Nature begins to stir from her winter's snooze. And that's the advantage of living in a climate where you get a change of seasons, instead of a steady diet of the same dish, month after month.
Speaking of stirring, this month marks the stirring of the Alumni Fund campaign which took off on April i. The class of 'O9, too, may expect some stirring appeals from Class Agent Ralph Clement, who is getting his group of eager co-workers organized to handle the spade work in their respective territories. Like a systematic executive, he has divided the U. S. into eight zones. Let's you and I, dear kiddies, take a look inside the brain box of this Master Mind.
Ralph has designated Greater Boston as Zone l, and has divided it into three sections, because it has the largest concentration of 'ogers of any other zone—3B at the time he did the zoning, now 37 since the death of HaroldBurbank. In this territory, Cad Cummings has been asked to cover north and east of Boston; Al Newton, the city proper (if it may be termed such); and Chet Perry, Concord and vicinity.
Clark Saville will head up Zone 2, which takes in south of Boston and all of Rhode Island. There are 25 'ogers listed in this sec- tion. Zone 3, which includes Western Massa- chusetts and Connecticut, will be in the capa- ble hands of Curt Sheldon. He will have 21 on his list. The 25 classmates in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine, designated as Zone 4, will be under the supervision of Tenor Art Swen-son, who is expected to sing his way into the hearts of all. New York State is Zone 5. The 17 men of 'og there will be left to the tender mercy of Ed Chappelear. Zone 6—Pennsyl- vania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, will be in charge of ReggieColley. There are 24 men in the section. ArtSporborg is signed to attend to the creature comforts of 24 classmates in Zone 7. This com- prises a slice of the great Middle West, extend- ing south to the Gulf of Mexico to take in the Southern States east of Zone 6, including Flor- ida. Everything west of the western boundary of Zone 7, is in Zone 8, and here Sawny Reagan has been asked to sit in the driver's seat. The last I heard Ralph was anxiously awaiting his reply.
Do you get the picture, dear classmates? Will you arouse yourselves to the emergency when these men get on your tail? Of course you will, for you will want to have a share in bringing 'O9 up from the bottom of the pile.
Two More Have Left
It's tough to see classmates dropping by the wayside. February saw two more: Prof. HaroldBurbank, who had been a member of the Har- vard faculty for 38 years, and Hal Hall of White Plains, N. Y. Burbank died after a short illness. He had made a name for himself in educational circles, although he had not been active in Dartmouth affairs. Norm Catharin and B. Matthew Scully represented the class at his funeral..
Hal Hall died just two days after Burbank, on February 8. Curt Sheldon wrote: "Besides my wife and I, Fat Dillingham and AnsonMcLoud were there from 'O9. Hal was sent five or six years ago to the Veterans Hospital at Tupper Lake, N. Y„ with tuberculosis. They operated on one lung, he made a recovery, and was sent home after about two years. About a year ago he was forced to go back, this time to Castle Point Hospital. He went up for surgery on January 5, but he did not have the strength to come through. They said he was a wonder- ful patient—never complained, always a smile, and cheerful. He never said an unkind word about any one. We will miss him."
More details about these two men, I im- agine, will appear in the Necrology section of the ALUMNI MAG. Thanks to Bob Holmes, BenBurpee, Al Newton, Norm Catharin, B. Mat-thew Scully, Harry Burroughs, Heinie Urion, 'l2, and Johnnie Shambow, 'lO, for alerting me about Burbank's death.
Merrill Follansbee sent me and the Mrs. an engraved announcement of the marriage of his daughter Marcia Jane to Michael D. Hee- ger. He also enclosed a note saying: "Just re- turned from San Francisco and my daughter's wedding. My son Merrill Jr. married them in his Northminster Presbyterian Church in EI Centro which is directly across the bay from the Golden Gate. Heeger was a first lieutenant in Marines during the last war and now is called back. He was in for nearly five years last time and it is tough on both of them to have to go in again.''
From two sources, Nut Root and RalphClement, I have heard that Mike Farley had been to the hospital for a hernia operation, and that he was recovering nicely.
Another guy who got some newspaper pub- licity is Wilbur Bull, who has completed a quarter-century as minister of the Oxford Larger Parish, Waterford, Me. "Under his leadership," ran the article in the Press-Herald of Portland, "the Larger Parish has made defi- nite gains, solidifying its achievements and reaching forward with enlarged plans. . . . He has given incentive to simi'ar consolidation of rural church organizations, by his speaking appointments on this theme and by his co- operating effort."
i. O I'd forgotten that Bill had been honored by Dartmouth with a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1940, but there it was in the paper as big as life. Nice going, Bill. I'll bet you get a lot of pleasure out of living. It was reflected in your face when I saw you at the 40th reunion.
With his son John back in the Marines at El Toro (that means "the bull" according to the one year I had in Spanish) Calif., HarryBurroughs had been pretty well tied down with business. "I have been trying to keep up con- tacts with shoe manufacturers by telephone," the man writes, "but I have decided I'll have to get back on the road." Harry planned to take a trip through New York State. "The only news in our family is two more granddaugh- ters born in the last few months, making a total of four. I can't seem to raise any tackles for Dartmouth."
I'd better call this a day before Charlie Wid-may er starts setting this in nonpareil type. You guys with old eyes couldn't read that. I'll be glad to read some more of your letters, so shoot 'em in to Aurora.
Class Notes Editor, Pioneer Trail, Aurora, Ohio Secretary and Treasurer, Sandwich, Mass. Class Agent, iIS Spirea Dr., Dayton, Ohio
