1938
The unfortunately confining aspects of a boarding school preclude your secretary from much travel in search of news; therefore most of the choice tidbits used in this space must, of necessity, come from correspondence. Recently, however, due to the Annual New England Interscholastic Wrestling Tournament in Cambridge, I managed to spend an evening with F. Webster Brett. Friend Brett is still operating in a big way with his various protective coatings, etc. which he purveys to sundry hotels and other establishments in and around Boston.
Phil Harty, scion of the Buffalo Hartys, is now sales manager of Exolon, Inc., manufacturers of abrasives. Brother Bill, incidentally, is production manager. Harty spent a hectic visit in Boston recently and was treated to the famous Brett Tour of the City, so well-described by Lyle in a Pace-Setter of fairly recent date.
The Lynn (Mass.) Item comes forth with its weekly "Bouquet of the Week" tossed to Belden G. Bly Jr., representative from Saugus, Mass., in the Great and General Court of Massachusetts. It appears that citizens of the nth District wished to present him with an automobile as a testimonial of his service to them in the said Great and General Court. Bly, however, has insisted that instead the money be given to the heart campaign.
Bly has been a teacher in the Saugus High School for II years, faculty manager of athletics for ten of those 11 and is a member of the State Board of Football Commissioners and a past president of the State Faculty Managers' Association. Belden was married in 1947 to Miss Rita Linehan of Lynn, and they have one son, Belden Bly III.
In the legislature, he has been active in sponsoring bills having to do with education, such as half-fare transportation for students, granting high school diplomas to veterans, providing "V" registration plates for amputee veterans, and various other bills providing state aid for education.
From New York comes word that J. ClarkeMattimore has been named eastern advertising manager for Glamour magazine.
From the ever-accurate, ever-comprehensive Ganter comes word that the Gil Smalls are now proud parents of Gilbert Bradford Small, born January 24. Jack Lutz goes west soon to visit the packers of the frozen food he merchandizes through the J. L. Lutz Cos.
As customary at this time of year, the 1938 clan in Boston gathered at the Gardner Hotel for supper before the Harvard-Dartmouth hockey game. Present included: Lt. Don andGeraldine Badger (Don is at the old Fargo Bldg.); Stearns and Barbara MacNutt; BillMain of the Gulf Oil Mains; Herb Christiansen, of the same company; Rog Bufftnton; DickStoughton; Frank W. Brett; Andy and FrednoPerkins; Ann and Royce Randlett; Fat FranReilly; Lee and Charley Mann; Art Soule;Howie Moulton and Ganter. Brad Jenkins was added to the group at the game.
A survey of 1938 men in different positions of responsibility in alumni activities reveals quite a number of the class so engaged. JimCooney of Des Moines is a representative on the Alumni Council from District IV. KarlHill is secretary of the Amos Tuck Clearing House for news of that school. Bob Stearns is secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Bridgeport; Russell Tolles ditto for the Naugatuck Valley Dartmouth Club; Lou Fortuna ditto for the Dartmouth Club of Georgia; and our venerable treasurer the same for the Dartmouth Club of Indianapolis. Continuing with the clubs, James C. Jones Ill is secretary of the St. Louis Dartmouth Alumni Association: Willie Watson, the president of the Cheshire County Dartmouth Alumni Association (Keene, N. H.); John McLane, secretary of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Manchester; and Warren Flynn, president of the Dartmouth Outing Club of New York.
Very soon now the Alumni Fund drive will really get rolling under the new management of Wright Mallory. As you all realize from the general comment in the press, the colleges are very likely to take a severe beating in enrollment and hence in operating income. It is estimated that if the Alumni Fund can meet its objective, the College can squeeze by. However, the objective has had to be raised for this purpose, and hence it is going to be up to us to come through this year with even more generosity than in the past.
What effect the new tax laws may have on the income picture as far as individuals are concerned is something else again, so that it would seem reasonable that most of us will have to plan ahead in order to budget our contributions to 1938's share of the Fund. In normal times the Fund is a very valuable asset to the College; with the present situation what it is, the Fund becomes a matter of survival for Dartmouth. Quite obviously it behooves all who want to assure the continuance of the liberal arts college to come to its support at this time. The urgency of the drive during the next few years cannot be overemphasized. With the annual custom known commonly as Spring Vacation coming up at long last, I hope to be able to get north to Hanover and be able to pick up some information worth passing along in these notes. In the meantime, all you get here is what I get through the U. S. Mails, so it's your fault! The only word from Hanover at the moment is that three fortunate members of the Class recently were guests of the local hostelry: Tom Roberts of Worcester, Mass.; Hank Barnet of Albany, N. Y.; and the necktie salesman par excellence, Jim Chandler of Natick.
Secretary, St. George's School, Second Beach Rd., Middletown, R. I. Treasurer, 4721 N. Capital Ave., Indianapolis 8, Ind, Class Agent, Anchor Hocking Corp., 12 E. 40th St., New York, N. Y.
