1915
It has been quite a summer, what with hot and humid weather, droughts, political conventions, baseball pennant races, etc., etc. And let it be here recorded that 1915, under the able stewardship of Marv Frederick, has gone and done it again. Yes, this Marvelous Class has won its Green Derby in the Alumni Fund for the sixth successive time, something no other class has ever done. For the first time our total contribution is in excess of $20,000, an amount never previously achieved by any class whose membership is comparable to ours in size. If my rusty slide rule is correct, our average contribution is .$81.60, a most creditable figure and possibly some kind of a "first" or "most." At any rate, thanks, fellows, for a wonderful job!
Summertime and Cape Cod are synonymous to many Fifteeners. Incomplete returns, with many precincts missing, indicate that our year-round resident Johnny Johnson was visited by the Dale Barkers, the Eben Clonghs, the Chan Fosters, the Ray Kings, the HapLeonards, the Warren Montsies and the PetePrays (not all at once, you understand). String and Grace Downing enjoyed a visit from Mrs. Herb Potter, who made the long trek from El Paso alone because hubby was too busy to get away.
That liquor company can start looking to 1915 for its Men of Distinction. Academic distinctions in the form of honorary degrees were awarded as follows: by Dartmouth to Jack Bowler and Les Dunn (full particulars were in the July MAGAZINE), by Illinois Wesleyan College to Ed Mabie, by Wagner College to Don Law. Ed is now Doctor of Fine Arts and Don is Doctor of Humane Letters. Our hearty congratulations to all these Doctors.
Mrs. Hillman Hunnewell passed away in White Plains Hospital on August 6. The sympathy of the Class is extended to Deac. BobGriffin represented the Class at the funeral service, which was held at the Church of the Highlands, Lize Wheelock '14, minister.
Sid Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Sid Crawford, was married early in July. The bride was Miss Donna Rinquist of Worcester, Mass.
Gib Campbell, formerly active in the Springfield (Mass.) City Government, is an active worker in the Republican organization for the important election this November.
Springfield recently celebrated its centennial as an incorporated city with Ray King presiding at the exercises.
Harp O'Hara has resigned as Dean of Tufts College Medical School to become Chief of the Medical Service for the Veterans Administration in Boston. He will retain his teaching posts at Tufts and at Boston City Hospital.
There is no telling how many Fifteeners visited Hanover during the summer, but we can be sure of the following because they registered at the Inn: Mr. and Mrs. DaleBarker, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Budd, Bush Campbell, Dexter Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Les Dunn,Mr. and Mrs. Marv Frederick, Carl Gish, Mr.and Mrs. Hal Harlow, Mr. and Mrs. JackMason, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nissen, Mr. andMrs. Bill Reynolds and daughter, and BeeRuml.
There is no end to the moving of the lads around the world. Here are some of the new addresses:
James H. Brackett, 1607 S. Sycamore, Santa Ana, Calif.; Bushrod H. Campbell, 132 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.; Samuel H. Chamberlain Jr., 54 Warren Ave., Plymouth, Mass.; Arthur I. Donohue, Hotel Henry, 13 Avenue Garibaldi, Verdun (Meuse), France; Harold S. Ellms., Lake Luzerne, N. Y.; Howard E. Fuller, 3495 Bailey Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.; George F. Ingalls, 1016 S. 38th St., Omaha, Neb.; Leo R. Mac Hale, General Motors Continental, Noorderlaan, Antwerp, Belgium; H.Thompson Rich, 2653 30th St., S.E., Washington 20, D. C.; Beardsley Ruml, Room 305, 608 sth Ave., New York City 20; Gerard F. Shaw, 115 Forbes Road, Milton, Mass.; Edward C. Spalding, 1005 13th St., Denver, Colo.; Harold B. Walcott, 18 Elton St., Providence 6, R. I.
Susan Pearce, second daughter of the Freddie Pearces, was married to Donald S. Griffin at Wesley Methodist Church, Washington, D. C., on August 23.
As these notes are being written, Stan andLucy Llewellyn should be in Hanover for a two-week vacation. That's the way they planned it anyway.
George Ehinger's son Nelson '52 has been chosen to participate in a four-month training course in preparation for a position with Aluminum Company of America.
Walt and Beatrice Meader enjoyed a vacation trip to the wide open spaces, highlighted by visits with George Hutchins in Sioux City and Johnny Loomis in Cheyenne.
Lee Graham has left the Veterans' Hospital in White River Junction to continue his recovery at his home in Hartland, Vt.
Chink Chamberlain has been re-elected commodore of the Plymouth Yacht Club and has been in charge of a fund-raising campaign for the Plymouth Hospital.
The Coast Guard continues to keep HalRich busy in creating moving pictures for training purposes. Hal recently took a camera crew to Miami to film one on artificial respiration.
Many Fifteeners have taken advantage of the skilled personnel and modern facilities of the Hitchcock Clinic in Hanover. The following letter from Carl Gish is representative of their high regard:
"I have just returned from another delightful sojourn in Hanover, the main purpose of which was to have our Dr. Jack P. Bowler perform another operation. I went through the ropes at the Hitchcock Cliftic, was housed in Dick Hall's House and operated on in the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. As you know, all of these units are integrated and I have been so impressed with my two experiences here that I want everybody else to know about it.
"Twenty-five years ago five doctors in Hanover, including Jack, visualized the possibilities of group practice and went to work. That was quite a radical step in those days. Jack has been a wheelhorse of the movement ever since and today their dream has come into full fruition. You would not know the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital as we knew it in our day. Dick Hall's House went into commission in 1927 and a new five-story nurses' dormitory has recently been completed. The staff today comprises 40 full-time staff doctors who are all paramount in their own field as against the original five. The new modern Faulkner House is just being completed with the result that approximately 300 beds are available today as against seventy, 25 years ago.
"Every move they make here inspires confidence. In the future if any members of my family require medical attention we will head for the Hitchcock Clinic if time allows. I urge all my friends and acquaintances to do the same and their friends and acquaintances ad infinitum. The economies of group practice are also passed on to the patient so the cost of getting to the Hitchcock Clinic is more than compensated for. Last, but not least, where can one find a better spot for convalescence than rural, hilly Hanover?"
1915 will join with other classes of our generation in a big dinner at the University Club of Boston on the eve of the Harvard game. This is the same arrangement as last year. Out-of-towners who can be present are urged to notify E. E. Clough, 195 High St., Boston, Mass., so that their names may be put in the pot.
Swan Song Your secretary has found it advisable to obtain a leave of absence from his job and to resign as Class Secretary so as to concentrate on building up his health. So there will be a new incumbent writing this column next month. Please help him by letting him know about things which happen to you or your family and about encounters with other classmates. Thank you for your help to me during these past two years.
ALEC TUCK '14, shown on the curling rink in Geneva, where he enjoys this robust sport, has returned from Switzerland to the United States, to stay through the election.
Secretary, 24 Midland Avenue, White Plains, N. Y. Treasurer, 60 Stevens Rd., Needham 92, Mass.
