1921
The Green Derby is on! Our jockey, RogWilde, is more optimistic every day. He feels that surge of power in his steed that shows 1921 is on its way. Plenty of reserve strength there, too. Pounding down the back stretch now, round the turn by June 1, and then the all-out drive for that Fifth victory. We'll show 'em that we don't have to have a big reunion coming up to win. Put your money on 1921 and you're betting on Dartmouth, the necessity of liberal arts colleges, competitive progress in educational opportunities for all, and a wiser, stronger America.
Last June, as. our thirtieth ended with a lobster picnic, the questions most often repeated were, "Why don't we do this more often? Why wait five years?" The obvious answer was Hanover Holiday. So watch your mail for the College's official announcement of the dates, usually the first four days of the week following commencement, and save part of your vacation. The cost is low, for dormitory rooms are available. In addition to the lectures there is plenty of time for golf, good food and conversation. No formal program as yet for '2l but we can plan activities as a group. Bring the whole family if you want. Reserve your own rooms direct but let your secretary know if you intend to come.
June 3, a Tuesday, is the revised date for Dartmouth Night at the Boston Symphony Pops, not May 14 as previously announced. 1921 men and their wives will gather at 6 p.m. at the Green Room, Hotel Gardner, Massachusetts Ave., for their annual dinner and general celebration before proceeding the short two blocks to Symphony Hall. Don Sawyer made the arrangements but he and Alice are leaving for Europe on May 21 and won't return until July 8. Write or call your secretary for dinner reservations. An excellent meal for three bucks each including tax and tip. Drinks available but extra.
Prexy John Sullivan, a former member of President Truman's cabinet, was honored in February at a ceremony in Manchester, N. H., at which two other cabinet membersspoke. Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary of theInterior, and Daniel Kimball, Secretary of theNavy, joined Dartmouth's president, Dr. JohnSloan Dickey, on a program at the Manchester lodge af B'nai B'rith at which our classmate was given an award for his services tothe national Brotherhood work. He is a pastnational chairman of that patriotic organization.
During the first week of March, John staged a last-minute drive to keep Mr. Truman in the running at the New Hampshire primaries on March 11, but Kefauver's earlier campaigning paid off. When the smoke cleared, John explained, "Nobody has been here to represent the President so it isn't really a test between Truman and Kefauver. It's a case of one fellow ringing door bells against a fellow who hasn't announced his decision."
While your secretary was calmly watching John Cameron Swayze's Camel News Caravan on TV on March 14, Dutch Bausher suddenly appeared on the screen. He stated clearly and concisely his belief that the industry and the community could work out the serious unemployment problem in the hosiery mills of Reading, Pa., where Dutch is an officer of several corporations. He's photogenic, too.
Ray Mallary has been a trustee of Hampden Savings Bank, Springfield, Mass., for some time. In February he was re-elected to the Board of Investment of that institution. While Mac Johnson was recently checking up on the Federal Reserve in Omaha, he met Quentin Heintz Moore '23, brother of our own SkinnyMoore and learned that Skin is still busily and happily engaged in expanding the domestic banana market for United Fruit. Rumor credits "Chiquita Banana" to his fertile brain. His estate at Port Washington, Long Island, now is enlivened by the activities of two young daughters.
Walt Holt of Natick, Mass., has shifted his research work to Boston University firom M.I.T. His daughter Priscilla is taking the four-year nursing course at Russell Sage College. Henry Palmer, general manager of Kentucky Synthetic Rubber Corp. in Louisville, took time off in January to visit some government-operated rubber factories. After enjoying Oysters Rockefeller in New Orleans, he spent a pleasant evening at the home of Boband Minnie Elsasser, who seemed to be hale, hearty and prosperous. Henry drove on to Mexico but had to rush back to settle a strike at his plant.
Jack Garjein, ace salesman for John Hancock Life in San Francisco, is not yet a true Californian. He complains about the rain which prevents his golf from keeping his waistline trim. Jack's son Eugene teaches at Reedley Junior College, Reedley, Calif., after having obtained his M.A. in music from the University of California. Lorene Mann, daughter of Connie and Irene Keyes, is a neighbor of Jack's which brings these two 21ers together frequently.
Howie and Lorie Ransom invite any of us to stop off at their place in Orange, Conn., when near New Haven. Howie's son Dick is a senior at the University of Connecticut. JackGray don also wants to see some '21 men in Toronto where he researches in marketing and public opinion. Although Art Ross is still helping the Department of the Air Force fight claims against the Government at Washington, he thinks he's going to retire in a year or two with the prospect of summers in Maine and winters in Florida. Guess he got the idea from Cap Payson who leaves the Everglades each May to sell real estate on Cape Cod and returns in October.
Furb and Mary Haight were so fed up last fall with their inability to see the Dartmouth Indians play football that they skipped from Los Angeles over to New Mexico to watch the Pueblo variety do a few hot dances. About the only relief Otis Severance gets from the feminine atmosphere of a girls' boarding school is a weekly session with the local men's bowling club. Tracy Higgins finished his job at the Bank of Suffolk County, L. I., and therefore gave up one of his presidencies. He was sore because it kept him away from our 30th at the last minute. Hanover Inn reports that FatChilds sampled their food in February and gave the chef a pat on the back.
Herrich and Avalita Brown of New Rochelle, N. Y., announced in March the engagement of their younger daughter Hester Ann, a junior at the University of Vermont, to David W. Claypoole of Rutland, Vt. He is a Vermont '51 graduate, an S.A.E., served in Europe from 1945 to 1947 with the 464 th Air Force Group, and is now with Jackson and Moreland, Boston, electrical engineers.
Here are a few new addresses since the Smoker list of February:
Rill McClintock is still in North Hollywood, Calif., but now at 11622 Morrison Ave.; Dewey Gruenbaeen does business at Crowell, Weedon & Co., 650 S. Spring St., Los Angeles 14, and lives at 535 lakeview Rd., Pasadena 2, Calif.; Warren Homer says to write to him at Box 374, Nyack, N. Y., but he continues to research for Dr. R. M. Brickner, at 1000 Park Ave., N.Y.C. 28; Harold Trull remains in Edgewood, R. I., but at Parkway Ave.; Art Foley agreed that Dewey G. had the right idea and left St. Paul, Minn., for 7857 Wilbur Ave Reseda, Calif.; Russ Miller now manages Woolfert's Roost Country Club, Albany, N. Y. Sounds like a poultry farm.
Don Mix wants more answers to that Bequest question.
Secretary, 21 Chestnut St., Wellesley Hills 82, Mass. Treasurer, 2519 Ridgeway, Evanston, Ill. Class Agent, Rm. 1870, Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago 54, Ill.
