1934
Don't mean this monthly fodder—which, it has been subtly hinted, serves a useful purpose only in keeping the classes of '33 and '35 out of each other's laps—to always burst upon the poor unsuspecting reader with another chapter from the "Pheregrinations of Pholy" but we just returned from a visit with John Dickey, who invited us up to Hanover for the annual shots in the arm. There were a few other class officers there—that's spelled a "few hundred"—and the shots were so skillfully applied that it wasn't until you sat down that you found perhaps a few had drifted south- ward, but the experience is so stimulating that just bubbling on a little about the trip shouldn't hurt too much and will also serve to keep '33 and '35 just that much further apart.
The firm of Copp, Gilbert and Foley in some inexplicable fashion this year was assigned to the presidential chamber of the Inn with its sweeping view of the campus and in which regal splendor they were joined by that eminent younger alumnus, Ad Winship, of the class of "fortysomethin." The firm was thus able to entertain guests in a manner befitting such a distinguished class in contrast to the previous year's experience with the Inn garret. Such guests, all of whom were likewise distinguished as well as mentionable, which is perhaps a sad commentary on the effect of the years, included Bill and Jo Wilson, of Mary Hitchcock fame, and Bill and Beth Scherman, themselves in attendance, although domiciled with two of their brood half way to Montreal.
In deference to the youngster in the trundle-bed, it was agreed to soft pedal discussions of women and the obvious superiority of the class of 1934 over the class of "fortysomethin" and the floor was yielded, voluntarily and otherwise, mostly to Copp, who can occasionally be pressed to reveal his connection with this Alumni Fund they keep talking about. He devoted his allotted time and more to stirring orations on the high degree of Boston culture, the sterling integrity of its inhabitants, and the relatively low participation of its 1934 adherents in the fine class fund record. This speech has been recorded for posterity, if only in the wax of the listeners' ears, and although several ways of stopping it were considered, the only legal way presently at hand seems to be up to us "Bahston" (if we may use geography somewhat loosely) fellows.
Although very few brass monkeys could be left out after sundown, the weekend was a very pleasant mixture of business and pleasure, capped in the usual fashion with the informal gathering of all hands, filled with beer glasses, in the Ski Hut—which is a place in back of the Inn with about the same physical proportions as the Harry Hanley (not '34—quite) rathskeller of happy memory, and many of the same pungent scents. It is with extreme reluctance that facts- force us to report that '34 took over that joint also, that is until Gilbert and Scherman wore the ivory off the piano keys and the voices out of the Dartmouth Glee Club. To be entirely accurate, it must be admitted that after a stirring battle for supremacy, '34 finally limped off in a body, or a reasonably accurate facsimile thereof, leaving the field—or the piano—to a couple of kids from 1954 (fifty-four, that is)—a class which has not only some numerical affinity and many of the characteristics of 1934, but 20 years advantage in age.
But 20 YEARS AGO, now ... things were quite different... for 1800 undergrads voted for some form of wet plank in the platform of the major parties ... and Gordon Ferrie Hull and The Dartmouth were at each others' throats over prohibition, in a version of the "Who dat say who dat say who dat" roundelay.
...D. G. Allen and B. R. Twiss placed 2nd and 3rd in the annual Ledyard Canoe Club regatta... . DKE lost a fraternity semi-final although Spain pitched a masterful game ... and the Alpha Delts won the finals of fraternity baseball from KKK with Crandell, Douglass and Henry Allen starring for the ADs and Nick Bielanowshi pitching a nice game for the tri-Kaps.... G. A. Blood was elected editor of the '34 Aegis, with W. B. T. Mock as managing editor and F. C. Heath Jr., J. F. Ryan and A. E. Brown, associate editors. P. G. Eckels was elected business manager and E. F. Moldenke, advertising manager .. . the Players elected in their directorate R. W. Hardt, J. H.Poole, R. C. Stauffer and A. A. Paradis ... in a short Varsity baseball practise game, the second team had Clough catching and a sterling infield of Jeff Tesreau, Brainy Bowers, Mike Menchel and Tom Maskieleson .. . the DCAC voted to drop six freshman sports as an economy measure and voted letters to the following sophomores: in baseball, Arthur,Edwards, R. J. Miller, Morton, S. O'Brien and C. L. Snow; in track, W. C. Barrett, Embry, Hine, Kahn, Kimball, Lepreau, Lind-strom, Maxarn and Woodbury; in lacrosse, Britten, Mahoney, C. J. Shea and Silowitz; in tennis, G. M. Hall and Noble; and in golf, Birch and R. M. Smith ... and on "Hoppy's" return to the campus from Europe the lead Dartmouth editorial went "And now Dartmouth is Dartmouth again."
Coming back to earth is a little hard, but jet's do it with our MEN OF DISTINCTION for the month, for instance ... Brown University announces the elevation to the rank of full professor of Dr. Herman B. Chase. Herm, who has been a member of the faculty at Brown since 1948, has been engaged in work on skin research which is receiving wide-spread recognition both academically and professionally. As a member of the biology department, he is also interested in the field of genetics. Herm completed requirements for his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago and taught for ten years at the University of Illinois. A native of New Hampton, N. H., he married the former Elizabeth Brown of Aberdeen, S. D„ and they have three daughters... to the indefatigable Ernie Earley of '18 we are indebted for "the short note from the Times, "ChesterT. Birch will join the New York office of Dancer, Fitzgerald, Sample, Inc. as a vice-president on July Ist. He is now advertising vice-president of the Andrew Jergens Co. in Cincinnati" ... and also excerpted from the financial section of that newspaper is an article which informs us that George N. Collins, as a staff engineer in a seven-man team of experts in management consulting and marketing, will go to Ireland for a three-month industrial survey aimed at rapid and substantial increase in Irish exports, particularly to the United States. This project, which is to be paid for by the Irish Government, is expected to open the way to a new era of economic progress for Ireland. In a separate note, George adds that his wife and two kids will join him when school lets out. And to George we send with our congratulations a note of caution to review occasionally a little saying ye sec once heard so often from "roomie" Harry Masterton, "You can always tell an Irishman, but not much."
Picking at the rest of the scraps in the mail bag for the year, we find that among other lucky visitors to the Inn during the early spring were George Ellis from Milford, Mass., and the Home National Bank therein, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam McCray from far off Dayton, O., and I wonder what ever happened to Emerson?
And then we are also reminded that if by any chance you get this scurrilous scrap (and enunciate, Bud enunciate) before June 7- that's saturday june seven—the Smiths would be awfully happy to have you join the gang at Monroe with your little picnic supper and your big thirst.
And so before Widmayer slams that door and catches our Phoenician proboscis smack against the jam, may we wish everyone a fine restful summer, of course assuming that everyone achieving a restful summer can only do so in the possession of a clear conscience and that anyone with a clear conscience has most certainly fulfilled all obligations which it is humanly possible to fulfill, so that -where were we? Oh, yes, don't muff that Alumni Fund, chum!
A HAPPY 1933 FAMILY: Roland E. Stevens Jr. '33, a surgeon in Rochester, N.Y., is kept busy with his fast growing practice, and Mary his wife with their family of six children. They are (I to r): Deborah Anne, 6; Roland III, 11; Caroline, 10; Peter Morris, 4; Pamela Converse, 1; and Elizabeth, 8. Their grandfather is Roland E. Stevens '95.
PRIZE WINNER: Henry Ackerman '35 (I), CBS vice president, accepts trophies from John Guedel for the outstanding TV presentations of public service messages by the "Ken Murray Show" and "Suspense."
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