1925
Having no ambition to compete with TheFarmer's Almanac, and having been written some weeks in advance of publication, this column hesitates to suggest what the weather may be when you read it. But it seems reasonable to suppose that the hillsides of New Hampshire and Vermont will be glowing with autumn color, and that all right-minded men will be thinking about a visit to Hanover. Jack Davis, chairman of the executive committee, has issued a call for a meeting, in Crosby Hall, on November 13, at 8 P.M. By an annually recurring coincidence, this happens to be Fall House-Party Weekend, and on the 14th the football team will do battle with some lads from a place called Cornell. The meeting, of course, will be open to all members of the Class, and the more who attend and express themselves the better it will be. Informal headquarters will be at the Norwich Inn where, following the game, there is customarily a gathering of '29ers, their families, and guests for refined conversation and refreshment. Although it is likely that the foliage will have faded by then, the occasion should be colorful enough to make up for any lack of scenic splendor.
The first freshman to receive the Class of 1925 Scholarship Fund award is Don R. Miller '57 of Pittsburgh, Pa. Don graduated from Dormont High School in that city, ranking fifth in a class of 100. He was president of his class and captain of the football team during his senior year, and was also on the student council, the year book staff, and the wrestling team. In a letter to Ford Whelden, dated July 21, he wrote in part:
"I have just received a letter informing me that I have been awarded the Class of 1925 Scholarship, and would like to express my appreciation to your class. Needless to say, I am thrilled with this award, for without it I would never have a chance to attend college. I do not want to fill this letter with flowery phrases and high-sounding adjectives, for I believe things like that sound stilted and insincere. What I feel can best be expressed by the two simple words, 'thank you.' I shall do my utmost to justify the confidence which has been placed in me."
A number of address changes have been reported by the Alumni 'Records Office. Too many to list here in the limited space available, they will be published in the next Roundup. ... Your secretary has an uncomfortable feeling that there were three or four letters late last spring which, although they were used here or in the Roundup, were not acknowledged personally. There is hope that they may turn up again in the fall housecleaning of the files. If not, apologies are due these classmates who are urged not to be discouraged thereby from further communication. ...Extensive reports of activities of Twenty-fivers during the summer are not yet available, but a few items have drifted in and it is hoped that there may be more on the way.
Ham Thayer, works manager for the Draper Corporation of Hopedale, Mass., has been active in the development of policies which have given this 137-year-old corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of textile machines, a high reputation for enlightened industrial management.... Charlie Haywood's new novel You Need a Complete Rest has been published by Nicolls-Ellis, Boston, and Ken Hill says it's really good. It seems to be about a guy with an ulcer, which is outside of your secretary's specialty, but he plans to read it with a completely unclinical eye Marshall Newton has been promoted to the rank of associate professor of German at Tufts College.... Bill Barker is assistant superintendent in charge of training at the Western Electric Works in Kearny, N. J.
... Brad Kingman has returned to New England as assistant to the president of the Worcester County Institution for Savings of Worcester, Mass. According to the president, Lane Goss, Brad will have primary responsibility for public relations and personnel management.
Dick Nye and his son Dick Jr. returned to their heme in Greenwich, Conn., by air, early in September, after a summer spent in adding to the laurels of Dick's already famous 46-foot yawl Carina. Having sailed from Newport, R. I., to Cowes on the Isle of Wight in eighteen days, Carina proceeded to win the Cowes-Dinard race, and went on to another victory in the Lorna Challenge Trophy race, the first event of the famous Cosves Race Week. After taking third in another event, she then won the Britannia Cup, and took second place in the Fastnet Cup race, sailed this year in unusually light winds.... There are other yachtsmen in the class but none has yet made a report for this summer except Homer Tilton who cruised in local waters in his new GreenHornet II, and says he learned all about marine engines.
A professional conference in Long Beach, Calif., in late August provided your secretary with the occasion for a cross-country family motor tour. An inelastic schedule and the fact that he was, after all, there on business, left him no opportunity for the many visits he would have enjoyed making in Southern California. Time was vouchsafed for one only - a delightful Sunday afternoon with Helenand Ted Geisel at their hilltop home over-looking the Pacific from La Jolla, and a New England family's first dunk in that ocean.
It was probably even more impressive from a covered wagon, but no other currently available method of transport compares with a car in permitting so satisfying and intimate a view of the wonderful variety and unity of this land of ours, to say nothing of its sheer expanse. It is no new thing for people to adapt themselves to their land, exploiting its gifts, overcoming its disadvantages, and leaving their mark upon it. But to have done this over so vast and varied a country all the while maintaining the same fundamental values, the same tradition of liberty, the same devotion to the cause of man's freedom, all by their own free and concerted will, this is the unique achievement which our colleges must publish and preserve.
1926 REUNES AGAIN! At a class meeting in Hanover, Aug. 22, part of the group were caught by the cameraman. Bottom row (l to r): Harry Fisher, Stew Orr, Bob Stopford, Bob Patten, Andrew O'Connor Charles Frankenberg. Middle row: Robert Carr, Charles Abbott, Herbert Redman, Anthony Gleason Doug Everett. Top row: Hans Norstrand, Walter Rankin, Herb Harwood, Thomas Murdough.
Secretary, 104 Pond St., Natick, Mass. Treasurer and Bequest ChairmanFORD Elm Street, Norwich, Vt.
