1930

Those of us with male offspring are certainly concerned over the possibility of our sons being accepted for entrance by the College. We well know that the current of the stream is running considerably faster these days than it was in 1926 so far as possibilities of admission are concerned. As a result, we are extremely mindful of our sons' attention to homework and their general scholastic achievement. With such concern resting on the shoulders of most of us, imagine the feeling of satisfaction of Johnny French and Bill Blanchard, each of whom now has two sons in attendance at the College in Hanover. Johnny's sons are John French III and Robert W. French, while Bill's boys are his twins, Richard F. and William Clifford. Congratulations are due not only to the boys but also to their proud dads. Johnny French is also entitled to congratulations by reason of the fact that on September I he was admitted to membership in the law firm of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle of 63 Wall Street, New York City.

Fred Scribner is one of those fellows having not only an exceptional amount of energy but an unusual amount of ability to go with it. It would be impossible to catalog all of Fred's activities, but some of the more time- consuming involve his practice of law in Port- land, his office of Treasurer and Counsel of Bates Mfg. Company, his membership on the Republican National Committee since 1948, his recent appointment as the Republican National Committee's general counsel, activity in Boy Scout work, and an exceptional amount of work in connection with Episcopal Church affairs in the State of Maine. In connection with this last-named interest, Fred spent the better part of a week in Boston attending the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church and was pictured in the Boston Herald as the delegate from the Maine Diocese attending the Chancellor's Dinner at the time of the Convention.... It only recently came to our attention that during the summer Chick Pooler, who is with Benton & Bowles, the famous advertising agency, was elected not only a Senior Vice President of that firm, but also a member of its Board of Directors. Chick, it is understood, heads Media and Research for the firm. Those who know in the business agree that these promotions were well deserved.... Last January Bob Glasgow received a promotion from Continental Casualty Company in Chicago which carried with it the title of Executive Assistant Vice President and included within its realm of responsibilities concern with respect to all of that company's foreign business and the necessity of doing a good bit of foreign traveling. While Bob was on a business trip to South America during that same month, he received word that his wife had died very suddenly. Such a loss meant months of adjustments for Bob. We are happy to report, however, that on August 23 Bob was married again to a friend of his of manv vears standing, Henryta R. Oakes. As a result of this marriage, Bob doubled the size of his family as Henryta had two children by a previous marriage, a son Robert, age 12, and a daughter Beth, age 10. Your Secretary hopes that some of Bob's "foreign" travels will bring him to Boston in the near future.

Gene Magenau was recently re-elected president of the New Hampshire Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and was also a delegate to the A.I.A. Convention in New York City during the latter part of June.... Nelson Blake, Professor at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, at Syracuse University, is the author of a new book, AShort History of American Life (McGraw- Hill). ...

1930 bridge players should beware o£ SamStayman when our 25th Reunion arrives. On August 6 Sam was a member of the four-man bridge team which was declared the winner of the Masters Championship in a 64-board final match in Cincinnati. As a result, Sam's team was nominated by the American Contract Bridge League as the official United States bridge team and as such, they will meet and play an official European squad in a week- long match in November, the winner to be recognized as the world championship team. This is the third successive year that Sam has been a member of the bridge team which has represented the United States in interna- tional bridge competition. In 19.50 they won world honors for this country in Bermuda and in 1951 they retained that title in a world championship match in Naples

Pete Hamm was in attendance at the New York-New Jersey 1930 dinner in late May, arriving from Washington, D. C. However, it was no novelty for Pete to be in New York City as he operates a traffic school there and is in New York City often on business. We understand that Pete's daughter Julie intended to attend Miss Porter's School in Charlie Rauch's home town of Farmington, Conn., during this fall. Twenty-eight members of the Class, incidentally, were in attendance at that May dinner in New York City. Other out-of-towners included Al Marsters from Southbridge, Mass., and HughieJohnson from Buffalo. Further tidbits from that dinner meeting disclosed that Bill Jessup was moving to Bedford Road, Chappaqua, N. Y., where he purchased an old farmhouse. . .. During the early summer Milt Mclnnes underwent a hernia operation but we under- stand that he is entirely recovered and is very much at work with the Erie Railroad.

Visitors at the Hanover Inn during the month of July and August included Mr. andMrs. Harry Dunning, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dunlap, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Tilt and family and Bud Ackley.

STILL AHEAD OF THE GAME: Ellie Armstrong '30 is shown with his wife Pat and granddaughter Linda, whose mother, Pat (Armstrong) Burbank, has made Ellie and Pat two of the earliest grandparents in the class. Linda was born on August 4, weighing in at 5 pounds, 10¾ ounces.

Secretary, 1 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass. Treasurer, 56 Jennys Lane, Barrington, R. I.