1924
Congratulations to our early settlers! By thai we intend no reference to our esteemed forebears, but rather to those Classmates who have already forwarded their wampum in such generous amounts to the tepee of the Head Medicine Man. By this early settlement, our confreres have considerably reduced Chick Austin's consumption of aspirin, and have had the equally beneficial effect of getting 1924 off in third (that's right—third!) place in our section of the Green Derby.
Whether we will maintain the pace of the early going or will fizzle out like a spent rocket depends entirely on you lads who have yet to put your X in the lower right hand corner of a check. If the amounts are pleasingly large and the checks come in in sufficient numbers then all will be well. 1924 will be able to stay right up there with the leaders and sustain out present position in the stratosphere. As the Drive enters the third and crucial month much remains to be done. Scores of our men have yet to be heard from, and it is their response which, in the last analysis, will tell the story.
This is Chick Austin's third, and final, year as our Class Agent. We know of nothing which would please him more than a record- breaking response to this year's Fund campaign. Chick has spent countless hours working for us in the interest of the College. His achievements have been outstanding, and the gains which we have made under his able leadership will remain as a record of his untiring and selfless devotion to the cause of the Alumni Fund. How better could we show him our appreciation for his years of sacrifice than to add an extra fiver to our donation and send it along to Hanover, just by way of saying, "Thank you, Chick!"
Early this month we received a letter from Shirl Austin (these Austins seem to have a corner on this column thus far) and what a letter it was! We are not quite sure what Shirl's business is, but he should be in real estate advertising. After reading the description of his home it was all we could do to keep from taking off immediately for The Clearing, Star Route South, Ligonier, Pa. Even the name sounds enticing. Just listen to these phrases—"40 acres of woods—we look out on Laurel Hill and its saddle, seven and a half miles to the east—there are grouse in the wild grape and laurel thickets of the mountain—deer can be seen working over the winter wheat—trout comes in here in less than two weeks." We can't bear to go on, but Brother, that's living!
Shirl reports that his daughter Natalie, a junior at Smith, was in Hanover at the time of the 1924 Father and Son dinner. Natalie sings with the Smith Smiffenpoofs, a comely group of singers who took part in the octette jamboree. Our Beau Brummels, Ted Learnard and Win Sturtevant were on hand to greet her, but alas, your Secretary just doesn't get around in the right places. Jim Jr. '50 is working with the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company in the Pittsburgh office, but still finds time to help the old man take care of those 40 wooded acres.
Despite the allure of this present day Shangri La, Shirl finds time to participate in several activities of a civic nature. At present he serves on the Executive Board of the Allegheny Council, Boy Scouts of America and is a member of the Trustees of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. In addition, Shirl and lane are deeply interested in a little Episcopal Church near home, and are working hard to put a newly chartered Art League on its feet. All this, and Heaven too!
Last month we reported that Dr. Arnold P.George had applied for membership in the Granddaddy's Club, but in making his application Arnold was strangely silent as to his own activities. After a little coaxing we got him to loosen up enough to tell us that he was still practising medicine and surgery in his home town of Haverhill, Mass., and that at the moment he was up to his ears in work as chairman of the local cancer fund drive. Arnold's younger daughter Anna Mae is a senior at Haverhill High and is planning on entering Lasell Junior College in the fall. One other bit of information was that the Georges have a summer place in Mirimar Park, near Dennisport, Cape Cod. Just one more 1924 family to add to our growing list of those who recognize the Cape as an ideal vacation spot. (Advt. by Cape Cod Junior Chamber of Commerce. Rates on request.) If you can't drop around this summer, you can catch Arnold now at the old homestead at 96 Summer Street, Haverhill.
While we are covering the medicos, mention should be made of a recent letter from Tony Cipollaro. Tony has always specialized in dermatology, and is pretty generally regarded as one of the outstanding authorities in the country in this field of medicine. This information was not gleaned from his letter for, modest soul that he is, Cip would be the last one to admit to any such distinction. At the moment he is President of the American Board of Dermatology, and is teaching at both the Cornell University Medical College and the New York Polyclinic Medical School. The Cipollaros have a daughter Pat, who is a senior at the Westover School, and a son Mike, who is a junior at Taft. Both of these youngsters will be going on to college, and very naturally, Mike is thinking in terms of Dartmouth and the North Country.
Sumner Robinson was in the news on May 2 when the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company announced that he had been elected Vice President for Sales. Sumner has been the company's general sales manager .since January 1949. He first joined Bigelow-Sanford right after graduation in 1924 and then, starting in 1931, held sales managing jobs with Carson Pirie Scott and Co., the Roxbury Carpet Co., the North American Lace Co., and Goodall Fabrics. He is a director of A. G. Spalding Bros, and is active in the Sales Executive Club of New York.
Early in April the New York brethren were rounded up by Jim White, who had arranged a dinner meeting at the Dartmouth Club. Following his instruction that we "sip at six and sup at seven," the gang gathered early and spent a pleasant hour renewing acquaintances and catching up on the news. Eighteen good men and true gathered around the festive board. Following dinner Jim showed reunion movies, starting with the tenth and winding up with the "Top-em All Twenty Fifth." A perceptible change was noted in the relative intensity of our activities, but that was passed over lightly by those present. The "critics" who viewed the films included: Lee Harwood,Paul Synnot, Curt Bird, Dick Henry, LarryKugelman (lately repatriated from Canada) Tony Cipollaro, Frank Granata, Ed Willi, JimWhite, Don Coyle, Charlie Kearns, RollieBarker, Red Hall, George Traver, Harr Ranney, Walt Kidde, Ev Lyon and yours truly. It was pretty generally agreed that our meeting had been delayed too long, and that similar get-togethers should be held more frequently in the future. Other areas please copy.
In place of our usual Odds and Ends from Here and There we would like to add one final word on the Alumni Fund. There is nothing "odd" about that, and certainly the "end" we are all striving for is a load of gifts from "here and there" before the curtain falls on June 30. Time is getting short. The moment of decision has arrived. Think it over carefully, and get a generous check off to Hanover—today!
Have a swell summer. We'll be around again next fall.
Secretary, 328 Orchard Pl., Ridgewood, N. J.
Treasurer, 1313 Greenleaf Blvd., Elkhart, Ind.
Class Agent, 185 Franklin St., Boston, Mass.
