1934
Through the inept meanderings of U. S. Route 4 and the courtesy of one of the lesser automotive miracles of that renowned army man, General Motors, we found ourselves near Hanover just before Carnival time and dropped over to see if there might be some material for a mid-winter report. Sad to say, the whole place was struggling against what looked like tremendous odds to put together out of dirty, soggy snow the forms which when dusted lightly with fresh crystals by the Providence which watches over the Outing Club just before C-day, would take on the sheen necessary to make the whole thing worth the effort. The Indian in the center of the campus looked as if he had played through the last couple of Yale games, the fraternities were still messing around with raw lumber and Occom Pond was covered with a couple of inches of water, but nobody looked as if he wanted to call the whole thing off and go out for a beer.
So let's move along and see how are things with this aging group whose difficulties with snow sculpture are probably on the lighter side and subject to a less critical audience. For instance—
Augusta Goodman, wife of Bob Goodman, and without the shadow of a doubt an excellent helpmate, as evidenced by the fact that she joins that select group of '34 wives (may their tribe increase) who, when their husbands are overcome by inertia, procrastination or efforts to pick a winner in the third at pimlico, take upon themselves the responsibility of helping out the harassed class secretary. It is thus we are able to report the birth of a fourth child to the Goodmans, a girl, Beverly Alice, bom Dec. 15, 1951. The other children are a boy, 9, a girl, 7, and a boy, 16 months. A realtor in Norfolk, Va., Bob is now president of the Norfolk Real Estate Board and resides in Virginia Beach, in case you are vacationing in that neck of the woods.
Related to the vital statistics of prior months, Dick Wells reports a card from the Yallalees, who spent their honeymoon in Bermuda, so to date we can certainly say that our coverage is complete on Bud's activities.
The address changes this month among other things show us that.. . the John Gilbert who in the annals of the class has always had to be known as (II) is now located in Reno, Nev.... Captain Bob Allabough has been promoted to civilian and is in his own words "happily practising law in Paterson, N. J." . . . Bud Clabaugh, for some years a resident of Illinois, has now moved to the city of tremendous confusion, Washington, D. C.. .. and another of our above-mentioned favorites, Is Brennon, reports a move to a new home in Lowell which will afford more breathing space for the little Brennons, to say nothing of the old man, Bam.
Our MEN OF DISTINCTION this month .. . from New York we hear that Charles C.Goodfellow Jr. has become an assistant trust officer of the famed City Bank-Farmers Trust Company .... a Boston Herald photo says that Richard J. Fowle, Social Security official at Littleton, N. H., has been selected to participate in a special training program for outstanding federal employees. Details are lacking, but our records show that, after graduate study at Tufts, Dick has been with the Social Security Board in various locations since 1939, with time out for service in the 8th Army with whom he reached Japan and the rank of lieutenant-colonel .. . and also from New York, Bill Cahn, who is doing publicity work for UE, forwards a release which announces that UE has selected the book of the year which "has proven of most value to American working people during 1951." The book chosen was High Treason: The PlotAgainst The People by Albert E. Kahn, coauthor of the previous best-sellers Sabotage! and The Great Conspiracy. As its Book of the Year selection, UE members have bought 33,000 copies and other copies will be sent to every member of Congress. In case it is necessary, UE is the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, with head- quarters in the shadow of St. Patrick's Cathedral, although the connection is said to be somewhat tenuous, and which may be remembered as the outfit which after straightening out General Electric as to who was running the company, ran into a little internal trouble regarding absentee directorship.
Now 20 YEARS AGO there was also some trouble between Hitchcock and Gile. An initial barrage of rotten apples from vantage points in one dorm led to retaliation with old bottles, glasses and other more durable hardware. When 13 windows were broken, it was generally agreed around Hanover that the younger generation was fast going to the hot place ... but Dave Beasley was elected president of El Centro Espanol, Dick Fowle was playing in the semi-finals of the college chess tournament, and Phil Sherman dropped a cryptic remark that "Frankie Spain may be able to play baseball".. .. Harry Espenscheid and John Ellis were among those planning an Easter canoe trip from Burlington, Vt., to New York City ... at the Triangular Meet in Boston, Milans, Woodbury and Lindstrom swept the high jump, Veazie was on the winning mile relay team and Hine and Maxam placed in other events.. .. Hockey letters were awarded to Arthur, Bennett, Crowther, McHugh, Morton, Spain, Powers, Nissen and Walter... in the ads "Pat Kelley offers his friends a Special Sale-climb the 15 steps to satisfaction" and Louie's offered a haircut and a game of pool for 50 cents .. . the Dartmouth Christian Association entertained 50 prep school students with R. W. Hardt, D. S. Redington and F. P. Wardwell on the committee. . . . Entertainment lined up for the Green Key Prom on March 5 included the singing group "The Snowmen" consisting of two broken down baritones and C. S. Cotsworth '34 ... and "Hoppy" saw fit to apologize to Columbia for the conduct of the crowd at the then recent basketball game.
At about this point each month by a process. of rapid calculation learned at the knee of Prof. Bancroft Huntington Brown we always figure that enough has been recorded to keep the franchise. We can now skip along to the final licks on old Form 1040, but that task is not the onerous one you might believe it to be because we are tackling it objectively this year. We have recently learned through some recent unfortunate developments in the career of the former Collector in this area that the government frequently is willing to consider compromises in the matter of settlement of taxes. If we decide to petition for a compromise, we will probably have an excellent chance to contact all '34s now in Leaven- worth and its environs.
It is a warming experience, also, to realize that our bountiful government is willing to contribute to the Alumni Fund at least five bucks for every 25 dollars that we give and in many cases, of course, more. From what you might call, in spite of the efforts of Daniel Webster, a total stranger, this is indeed a very generous gesture and one which should be encouraged. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Secretary, 12 Berwick St., Worcester 2, Mass Treasurer, 13 Parkman Rd., Reading, Mass. Memorial Fund Chairman, 954 Gladstone Ave., S.E., Grand Rapids 6, Mich.
