1925
By way of recent happenings, your secretary just spent a most pleasant weekend as a guest of the College on the occasion of the annual conference of Alumni Officers; A few deep breaths of Hanover air and environment, I hope, gives this column a lift from the routine type of monthly reporting. Not the least pleasing of a number of things to be remembered was being assigned to a second floor room at the Inn, facing the campus. (There are compensations, apparently, for getting older.) The amount of student activity on the campus was terrific—soft ball and other games, plus spectators, covered the whole area and the grass has a hard job keeping ahead of the trampling of feet in all directions. Under such circumstances, it was safer to walk around campus rather than through the paths. It certainly proved a healthy out-of-doors student attitude which was refreshing to returning alumni.
At the main meeting, Ford Whelden was given special commendation for being the pioneer of the pioneer class (1925) to officially adopt the important Bequest Program, of which Ford is our chairman and an important official in the overall picture. Incidentally, through the many income and insurance plans available, the Bequest Committee makes it awfully easy, whether one is a graduate of the College or not, to give an eventual substantial endowment to Dartmouth, while retaining an excellent income.
On the way to Hanover we had a nice chat with past Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bob Bingham, prominent Manchester, N. H., attorney. In Concord we called at the attractive home of the Neilsons. Bud was out tubthumping for the New England Tel. & Tel. Co., but Cynthia was home with her tall son Kent, who needs no indoctrination into the Dartmouth family. His walls display several of the College scenes including his dad's two original D banners.
And, while mentioning politics, we forgot to say that one Parker Merrow played a major part in campaigning for Gen. "Ike" in New Hampshire's sweeping primary, and was spirited to Boston for a TV interview which they say was super.
At Hanover were Class Agent Milt and AliceEmerson—they were taking a short cut home by way of the Catskills, where the family has trout streams high in the mountains, suitable for the dry fly fishing which is Milt's favorite. At this point, with 78 contributions to the Alumni Fund, we are 16 ahead of the date last year and leading our group of 7 classes. Of all classes, near or older than us, only one, 1911, is ahead of us. Let's help Milt get in first place with a contribution now. Daughter Stephanie is being married in June and Roxane Whelden in July.
Worcester visitors were Jake and RuthPenny, up seeing son Jimmie '53 and Laneand Connie Goss seeing Lane W. '55. Lane also sandwiched in a Phi Psi annual meeting. The Gosses motored across the country earlier this year and spent time with Brad Kingman in Kansas City, Tom Carpenter in Palo Alto, and Stan Litchfield, fairly recently established in San Diego. En route they had an enjoyable stay at Sun Valley with their daughter Georgia, who works for the Union Pacific R.R. on top of its Mount Baldy.
A newspaper item states that Jack Per-Lee has been elected a director of Lord and Taylor in addition to being the V.P. in charge of merchandising. The May issue rightly honors Charlie Moore with a Wah-Hoo-Wah on his appointment as director of public relations for the Ford Motor Co. In mentioning this in a letter to Whitey, a New York advertising executive wrote that "to go any higher one would have to have the name of Ford." —quite a compliment to Charlie's ability. In the past Charlie has held a number of important posts such as executive assistant to Massachusetts' Governor Bradford, a top position with the Boston Globe, and servicing nationally known companies in the advertising field.
Narragansett Brewing Cos. (Pete Haffenreffer, President) has just purchased Croft Brewing Co. The publicity states: "The management plans to integrate the Croft operation into the extensive Narragansett program of sales, advertising, merchandising and distribution." Pete's firm entertains many thousands of us baseball fans in their broadcasts of the games over the radio and TV. BillBeacham's son Harold Jr. is graduating from Kimball Union Academy this month with high honors and plans to enter Bowdoin. The Beachams are concerned about where they will stay over K.U.A.'s commencement weekend, as it coincides with Dartmouth's.
Wilfred, (Dutch) Clark called in at Whitey's Bryant and Stratton Commercial School, looking for a secretary. Dutch runs the Cardigan Mountain School for Boys in Canaan, N. H. This is a school for younger boys, preparing for prep school. It has a distinct Dartmouth flavor. I haven't the list of trustees at hand, but I understand that "Hoppy" is one and that the land was given by the HaffenrefEers.
Mrs. Ralph (Ruth Godfrey) Tucker's father recently died. This is mentioned particularly since it marks the passing of one of America's foremost architects. Mr. Godfrey was senior partner of Cram and Ferguson, an authority on Gothic form, and aided in the planning of such buildings as the new B.U. campus, chapels at Princeton and West Point, Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, and three of Boston's newest skyscrapers: the John Hancock, New England Mutual and New England Telephone buildings.
Hanover Inn guests not recently reported include Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Pierson, Hopewell, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Karl Friedmann, Drexel Hill, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ober, Painted Post, N. y., Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gould, Middletown, N. Y.; Lloyd Brace, Needham, Mass.; Charlie Moore, New Canaan, Conn.; Phil O'Connell, Worcester, Mass.; BillThompson, Lowell, Mass.; and Bob Borwell, Chicago, Ill.
I just received a long letter from Clif Hill, currently one of the three coordinators of Arabian American Oil Co. in Saudi Arabia. He says he recently had a visitor at Dhahran, Sam Stratton '20, Point Four Administrator to Saudi Arabia, and formerly President of Middlebury College. Due to the number of Dartmouth boys in the area, agitation was set up for an alumni club. Each one thought the other should start it and Clif wrote me in part: "How do you go to work to have the College behind such a club? It occurred to me that there may be a procedure and that the College might have some suggestions or literature on the subject, based on their experience with such matters in foreign countries. There might also be bulletins and such like for the use of the Club and its officers." My thought would be that it's just like when two Greeks meet, they start a restaurant; so when two Dartmouth men meet in foreign climes, they form a club. My suggestion, recently confirmed by Sid Hayward, secretary of everything Dartmouthiana, was that they elect officers, then advise him, and everything will go along its usual clocklike way.
A JUNE REMINDER FOR 1926: Charles and Louisa Collins who attended the graduation of their son Charles Jr. '51 last June will be back next year for that of Allen '53 (I).
Secretary, Kenneth B. Hill & Co., Rra. 1004 80 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass.
Treasurer, Elm St., Norwich, Vt.
Class Agent, 80 Eastlawn, Teaneck, N. J.
