1915
The provision by the Class for widows of our departed classmates to receive the ALUMNI MAGAZINE has been most warmly received. Without exception I have been asked to express to the Class their pleasure and deep appreciation for this way of keeping in touch with College and class doings. I wish you could read all the letters. Space limitations, however, force us to stick to newsbits in which we all are interested. Mrs. Rayferry reports that son Larry graduated from University of Vermont Medical last June, after first two years at Dartmouth, with the prize in clinical medicine. He is interning at Ellis Memorial Hospital in Schenectady and, contrary to the specialization trend, wants to be a country doctor. Ray Jr. is in business with Irvington Varnish and is much interested in plastics. Her two daughters were martied last year, one living in Portland, Me., and waiting for her husband to finish his hitch in the Navy, the other living nearby in East Orange, N. J.
Mrs. Russ Kelly is living with her son Morgan who is with Eastern Air Lines in Miami. Another son, Master, is in the Army - about to go overseas. A daughter, Content, will make her home with her in Florida. Mrs. Thomas F. Baird, formerly Mrs. Greg Lyon, living in Marblehead, tells of Greg's children. Marjorie is married and living in Lansing, Mich.-just had a daughter born in September. Barbara is married and living in Littleton, N. H. - has a son a year and a half old. Gregory Jr. is with the Army in Germany and will finish his three years in March. Nat, the youngest just turned 13 — is at Emerson School for Boys at Exeter, N. H. While Greg Jr. didn't get accepted at Dartmouth, she hopes Nat will have better luck! Mrs. Chauncey P. Hulbert runs a boys' camp during the summer, Camp Lanakila, up at Lake Morey and lives in Brookline, Mass., during the winter. A son, Ralph Wheelock (direct descendant of Eleazar), is now married, with one daughter aged a year, and is teaching m the Polytechnic School in Pasadena. Harriet is married to Philip H. Ball, a young lawyer in the firm of Stoddard, Ball & Bartlett in Greenfield, Mass. They recently built a modern home in Deerfield, disturbing that quiet New England town somewhat by departing from the old colonial atmosphere which is being slowly reconstructed there (à la Williamsburg). Mrs. Hulbert says she would be happy to see any '15ers who might wish to reune on any of their camp property at Lake Morey.
A letter from Art Boggs from Ongole, India, gives an eye-opening picture of medical missionary accomplishment in that part of the world. A snapshot of Art and his staff at the Clough Memorial Hospital speaks volume.s. "You will find Gertrude seated at the left of the picture and I am standing behind her." There are about 75 nurses, of whom about 60 are in training and the rest graduates. Art speaks highly of the proficiency of the Indian surgeons. They make very keen doctors and have a liking for surgery. He says that while Madras Province is one of the strongholds of communism, they are hardly aware of its presence. Even though a Red flag flies on a building just outside the hospital gate, those who come to the hospital come as patients and are not questioned about their political creed. "The result is we do not know who are or are not Commies, and so our relations are friendly." Art reports that American prestige there at present is only moderately high —that the Commies are numerous and vocal enough to play up the "imperialistic attempt to buy favor." But the prestige of the white man there is by no means a thing of the past - it now rests not on the color of his skin but on his honesty and fairness. "So long as the white man produces goods of high quality and follows the principles of impartiality, strict honesty in business affairs, personal humility, and due respect for Indian people of all classes, his presence in India is not resented. Our own experience is that we have as many Indian friends as ever, and just as cordial. I really think Indians are remarkably free from prejudice." This is refreshing from one who has spent so many years of his life work in India.
The Harvard game weekend was again replete with fun, feast and some famine (touchdown-wise). The "Night Before" dinner at the University Club brought out a goodly bunch of I believe we topped the other associated classes with eighteen at the dinner and a couple who had to leave before. Our roster included Dale Barker, Hal Claflin, Eben Clough, Sid Crawford, Doc Davis, Ed Dewing, Bob Fitts, Charlie Griffith, Johnnie Johnson, Jack Mason, Justin McCarthy, Walt Meader, Phil Murdock, Art Nichols, Harp O'Hara, Russ Rice, Kike Richardson, Ash St. Clair, Ed Shea, A1 Sherman, George Simpson. (If I missed some, forgive me.)
Kike Richardson's pre-game office party was a "sellout" - as well as a "knockout." I dunno how they do it! On second thought, I guess I do I'm beginning to understand how Pearl got her name! Amongst the throng, I spotted '15ers George Simpson, Art Nichols, Walt Meader, Justin McCarthy, Jack Mason, Marty Martin, Johnnie Johnson, Chan Foster, Doc Davis (and can he carve!), Sid Crawford, Eben Clough, Don Bennink, and Dale Barker.
Heard echoes of various and sundry evening parties after the game fitting wind-ups to an eventful weekend. The game? Guess we'll just have to adopt the Brooklyn Dodger slogan, "Wait'll next year!" (Flash! Result of Yale game just came in over the wire. Oh Boy!)
Kell and Helen Rose sailed October 30 on a twelve-day cruise in Southern waters, touching at the Dutch West Indies, Venezuela and Buenos Aires.
Jack Bowler attended the annual meeting of the New England Surgical Society, of which he is president this year, at Watch Hill, R. I., in September.
The "Big Splash"! It was a nor'easter to end all nor'easters. And the highest tide in memory was in the making (the town recorder verified that it went half a foot over the nail in the telegraph pole marking the previous all-time high— 11½ feet). Why two otherwise sane and sensible men would venture forth to drive to the village in such weather I'll never know. Maybe it was to get some more of that luscious cheese that KikeRichardson had at his office party. On the way down, as we hit the ribbon of roadway across the flats already awash with the rising tide I ventured to remark we might run into trouble on the way back. All I got was a supercilious look and a snort from mine host. Sure enough, as we started back later, the little fishing shack on stilts by the roadside, which had shown some daylight beneath it, was now well afloat and the ribbon of road had disappeared. " 'S'all right I know the high spots like a book" was the driver's lofty comment and he stepped on the gas with all the courage of his convictions. Splash swoosh and then thud, as we hit bottom. Half of Plum Bay cascaded over the hood and windshield.
You guessed it we had missed the "high spot." The plaintive whir of the starter only emphasized the deadness of the motor. "Try it again," I urged, curling my feet up onto the seat to escape the watery floor boards. No soap! That engine was deader than Old Marley. "Wotta we do now?" I asked with no expectancy whatever. His answer was to turn off the switch, lean over into the back seat, unearth a bag of popcorn, and start munching. "See anyone behind us?" this between munches. There, back of us, but well to the right, was another lunatic, albeit a cautious one. He pulled up abreast on the "uptown" side of us. "Looks like you hit 'er too fast and bounced off," was his comment. "Now —he tells us," I muttered. "How about a push?" I asked, hopefully. "Not me, brother. I wouldn't get down in that valley you're in for love nor money." "Couldn't you just catch the upper corner of our rear bumper?" I tried again. "Well, I dunno," - but he tried, and he did, and we moved. After a hundred feet or so, we were out of it with the engine still dead. Right there was when I discovered these new-fangled fluid drive cars can't pick up a dead engine from pushing (that's what mine host said) and I was glad my old jalopy parked up at the cottage was an old-fashioned gear-shift kind. Anyway, in spite of the "big blow," the Phil Murdochs spent a delightful weekend with the Eben Cloughs at their wondrous shore cottage in Ipswich, perched high on the bluff overlooking Plum Bay.
Dr. D. Dexter Davis has been appointed chief surgeon of Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington, Vt. Doc is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery (which has no bearing, of course, on the job he did on the hams at Kike's party!)
Because of the Alumni Fund listings this month, further news items must await another issue —which leaves just about space enough to wish everyone a Happy Holiday season coming up.
1915 Fund Contributors
231 Gifts (Participation Index 95) Total Gifts: $19,812.24 (153% of objective) MARVIN L. FREDERICK, Class Agent
Adams, George W. Alexander, Philip K. Aronowitz, Leon Bache-Wiig, John Ballou, Frederick B. Barker, W. Dale Bartlett, Fred H. Bayley, Henry F.1 Bemis, William C. Bennink, Donald C. Bigelow, Robert C. Blaisdell, Herbert C. Blodgett, Philip H. Boggs, Arthur G. Borella, Benjamin V.2 Bowler, John P. Boyd, Ernest C. Bradley, Albert Braun, Gustave A. Bridge, G. Donald Brown, Ralph W. Brownell, Tracy C. Budd, Harold H. Bull, Albert S. Burgess, Ralph L. Burnett, Harry Burt, Leo W. Byers, Vincent G. Cahn, Albert, Jr. Campbell, Bushrod H. Campbell, Gilbert M., Jr. Carpenter, Isaac W., Jr. Castle, Lester D. Cavanaugh, J. Harrison Chamberlain, S. H., Jr. Chase, Russell D.3 Child, Fred S. Claflin, Harold H. Clarke, Robert C. Cleveland, Albert C. Clough, Earl E. Comiskey, Charles W. Comstock, Herbert F. Comstock, Joseph B. Connelly, Thomas J. Cook, King Crawford, Sidney C. Daisy, George D. Daniell, William I. Davis, D. Dexter Davis, Winsor R. Davison, Harold K. Dennen, Frank E. Dennett, Sumner F. Dewing, Edmund R. Doe, Orlando C. Douglas, Edward B. Downing, Earle N. Dunn, Leslie C. Durgin, Russell L. Dyke, George E. Edgerton, Lawrence F. Ehinger, George Ekstrom, Frank C. Ellms, Harold S. English, Adolphe W. English, Alpheus Ferguson, John L. Fitts, Robert L. Flood, Hartwell W. Fonda, Beecher H.4 Ford, Arthur W. Foster, Chandler H. Frederick, Marvin L. Fredericks, Robert B. Frothingham, Robert Fuller, Howard E. Fuller, Wyman Z. Ghee, Milton P. Gibson, Paul S. Gish, Carl K. Graham, Lee H. Granger, William R. R. Grant, Denison W. Gray, Matthew R. Griffith, Charles E. Guest, Robert G. Harlow, Harold C. Harriman, John N. Harris, Joel G. Harwood, Channing E. Haskell, Merrill Hatch, Arthur C. Healy, John J. Henderson, James M. Hill, Stuart M. Hitchcock, David I. Horton, Dabney Hough, Woodbury5 Hough, Woodbury6 Hovey, Otis W. Howe, Donald K. Howland, Malcolm G. Huntress, William C.5 Huntress, William C.6 Huntress, William C.7 Ingalls, George F. Ingram, Charles H. Jahn, Edward W. Johnson, Albert E. Johnson, Russell C. Jones, Hey wood S. Jordan, Chester B.6 Kendall, Raymond H. Kennedy, Walter J. Kimball, John C. King, Raymond T. Lafferty, James LeR. Lamson, Everett C. Lang, William A. Law, Donald E. Learoyd, Philip C. Leonard, Arthur H., Jr.10 Livermore, Russell B. Livingston, Alan C. Llewellyn, A. Stanley Loomis, John U. Lounsberry, Harold H. Low, Fletcher Lowe, Frederic P. Lyman, William E. Mabie, Edward C. Mac Andrews, Erl P. McCarthy, Justin H. MacFarland, James D.8 Mac Hale, Lee R. MacPherson, Kenneth W. Maloney, Denis W. Marcy, Henry S. Markham, David H. Martin, George H. Mason, John R. Meader, Walton B. Merrill, Boynton Milmore, Norville L. Mitsui, Takanaga Monheimer, Henry I. Montsie, Warren E. Morey, Willis B. Mower, Clarendon Mowry, Jared J. Mullin, John M. Murdock, Philip K. Nichols, Arthur C. Nissen, William C. Norton, Allan S.9 Norwood, Roy M. Noyes, Edwin M. O'Day, Bernard V.11 O'Hara, Dwight O'Keefe, Walter F. Parnell, Carroll A. Pearce, Frederick L. Pelletier, Philip H., Jr. Pendleton, John D. Perry, Raymond S. B.12 Pinkham, Harold B. Pitman, Joseph P. Poor, Francis L. Porter, LeRoy G. Potter, Herbert S. Pray, Thornton C. Putney, Willis R.8 Ray, Robert G. Redfield, Richard W. Reynolds, William R. Rice, Russell J. Rich, H. Thompson Richardson, Gerald K. Rockwood, Otis F. Rogers, Caleb F. Rogers, William N.13 Rohrs, Franklin H.14 Rose, G. Kellogg, Jr. Rothery, Paul R. Rowe, Arthur M.15 Ruder, Ernst M.16 Ruml, Beardsley Ryan, Earl F. Ryan, Harold C.8 St. Clair, Ashley Sanborn, E. Cummings Sargeant, Paul E. Sargent, Charles W. Sargent, Hubert E. Sawyer, Howard P. Sawyer, Ralph A. Scharmann, Richard A. Sharp, Eliot R. Shaw, Gerard F. Shea, Edward J. Sheldon, Arthur E. Sherman, Allen Simoneau, Antonio A. Simpson, George W. Sisk, James H., Jr. Slade, Benjamin J. Smith, Harold L. Smith, Kent H. Smith, Leland B. Stearns, Howard O. Sterling, Arthur E. Stevens, Perry H. Stone, F. Wayland17 Strickland, Daniel L. Sullivan, Alfred B. Swenson, Carl L. Taplin, Charles R.6 Thyng, Elmer F.5 Tobin, Benjamin F., Jr. Tomfohrde, Andreas H. Tower, Arthur A. Trumbull, Charles H. Tubby, William 8., Jr. Tuck, Leon P. Turner, Harold S. Vining, Paul M. Waggett, Frank G. Walker, George E. Wanamaker, Clarence L Wanger, Walter F. Warren, John D„ Waugh, Dan F. White, Raymond S. Whiteley, Carl F. Whitney, Cecil E. Whitney, Lawrence A.18 Wilcox, John M. Williams, Arthur P.19 Williams, Leon E. Wing, Howard W. Winship, Roger20 Winship, Roger21 Winship, Roger22 Winship, Roger23 Wyman, Richard Mcl. Young, George B. MEMORIAL GIFTS FROM: 1 Mrs. Bayley.2 Brother, Victor C. Borella '30.3 Leo W. Burt '13.4 E. Page Junkins '14.5 Chandler H. Foster '15.6 John R. Mason '13.7 Mrs. Huntress.8 Anonymous.9 Brother, Max A. Norton '19.10 Mrs. Leonard.11 Robert B. Fredericks'15.12 Mrs. Perry.13 Mrs. Rogers.14 Mrs. Rohrs.15 John L. Ferguson '15.16 Mrs. Ruder.17 Friend, Mrs. KatherineR. Wallace.18 Mrs. Whitney.19 Mrs. Williams.20 Daughter, Mrs. Patricia Crance.21 Son, A. L. Winship.22 Mrs. Winship.23 Daughter, Mrs. RobertKimball.
HEADS HOSPITAL iN INDIA: Dr. Arthur Boggs '15 as a medical missionary directs the work of CloughHEADS HOSPITAL Ongole IN INDIA. A staff of 75 nurses and indian doctors serve the people of Madrasrows are Dr. Boggs and his wife Gertrude, who have spent many years in India.
HISTORIC OCCASION: Of special interest to '16ers, this picture of the Massachusetts State Dinner given in honor of General Eisenhower, Nov. 12, 1945, upon his return from Europe, shows Maj. Gen. W. Stewart Paul '16 (center) behind Mrs. Eisenhower, with the late Governor Maurice Tobin (I) and American Legion Cdr. Frank J. Simpson.
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