1931

Right now I feel like Little Orphan Annie or Little Annie Rooney or whoever that sickeningly sweet brat is who constantly feels "glad all over." The reason? I got the kind of letter from one of our gang that, to me, represents the kind of correspondence that would make this column sit up and sing four-part harmony. Maybe the fact that it's from BeanyThorn, one of my all-time favorite people adds a special fillip to it, but perhaps it's more the fact that it was obviously dashed off in a hurry and reads just the way Beany talks. Here's a guy just as busy as any of us and he grabs a couple of minutes between jobs and types off some tidbits that he thinks would be interesting to the other members of the Class. Here's the letter:

"Let's talk a minute about the Jack Beans, and then the Ed Brummers and finally the Jim McElroys. Jack Bean's story of his rise to fame as one of the world's leading paper match-book manufacturers should be put on record somewhere with the Horatio Alger stories. Over there in Jaffrey, N. H., he has probably as beautiful a house as anyone in the Class, a grand family of wife and five kids and the nice, not-too-fast life of New Hampshire. Down the road apiece is the Woodbound Inn where Eleanor, young Susan and I spent two weeks this summer. Jack and Ed Brummer used to own this inn together and then Jack went into matches and Ed continued on alone with his good wife, Peg.' Well, Eleanor and I have been around the country a bit but we have yet to find a vacation spot combining all the qualities of WoOdbound Inn. There's perfect swimming, excellent and substantial food, tennis, putting green, recreation hall, dances, breakfasts on the beach, a lobster-softball cookout at night, all kinds of places to drive and shop, friendly'people and finally Ed himself who is always around with his New England twang organizing something. There is never a dull moment but you don't have to do anything and it's all very reasonable. When you leave Woodbound, you sign up for the next summer to make sure you get back in. Ed and Peg don't know I'm writing this but, as I've said, Eleanor and I have been searching for years for a place such as this to go with our kids. We recommend it heartily. And lastly, McElroys, Jim and Betty and young Jim, daughter Helen being home in Toledo taking care of Jim's GRANDSON. The McElroy family were here to see us after their usual Maine vacation.' You should ask the ALUMNI MAGAZINE editors to have Jim give them a story sometime about his arbitration work in Toledo. He looks fine but is, of course, slightly bewildered at being a grandpa. It's fight time so nuts to you (signed) Beany. P.S. The Beans and Brummers report that Red Rolfe is feeling fairly perky but is still inactive."

One of these days your scribe will find out all about Jack Bean and about Jim McElroy and pass the news along to you. Furthermore, Boniface Brummer sounds as though he has quite a diggin's there at the Woodbound and we'll do some sampling of that in due course. Beany's letter has started me thinking that maybe we don't do enough of this mutual huckstering of our fellow '31ers. Some of us are in the market to buy things and some of us have things to sell; some of us want to go places and some of us have places that can be gone to; maybe we're a little self conscious about trying to deal with each Other in a business way because it seems to be a bromide among collegians that you shouldn't trade on class or college or Greek letter affiliations. I guess we've been away from the Ivied Halls long enough to let that brand of sophomorics wear off.. .so how's about using this column as a kind of medium of exchange just the way Beany did for Ed Brummer and Jack Bean.

From the Sunflower State come a note from Nels Greenlund, with a clipping that announces his appointment to the Kansas State Board of Education. Nels was selected by Governor Arn to complete the unexpired term of a resigned member. Last year Nels was president of the Kansas Realtors Association and although he reports that he never sees any '31ers, he manages to keep quite busy as the fond father of the two offspring, Nelson 14, and Sally 11.

Visitors to Hanover Plain during October included the Bob Frasers, the Len Clarks,Johnny Bensons and the Walt Gehrings (incidentally, Walt I see you sign your registration Carl W. Gehring, Jr.. .. is it Carl rather than Walt now? Those things do happen, you know). One of the most exciting things I've ever read appeared in the New York Times last August and it involves our good MauryWhittinghill, who now is Doctor Whittinghill, geneticist at the University of North Carolina. He has been involved for the past two or three years in a study of the causes and possible cures for rheumatoid arthritis, involving, as one of his associates, a victim of this dread disease who has developed into one of the prime national experts on the subject. Yet, I'll bet, if I'd written to Maury, asking for some news about himself, he'd have replied (just the way most of you would have) "Oh, nothing much, just the same old routine." CharlieNims, president of the Attleboro (Mass.) Savings Bank, member of the North Attleboro School Board and general factotum in too many things to mention in this column,, has recently been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Attleboro Chamber of Commerce. In front of me is a newspaper clipping that recalls a certain day in June 1931. This clipping has to do with "a leading member of the Valley Players," one John M. O'Connor. It seems that Jack addressed the Holyoke (Mass.) Rotary Club last August on the subject of the relationship between the theater, community, actor and audience. (In case you don't happen to know, Jack has been with the Valley Players for the past ten years during those months when he is not on the podium as English instructor at Keystone Junior College.) I haven't seen Jack since that day in June so long ago; but, if I live to be 4000 years old, I'll never forget the feeling of complete frustration and inadequacy that came over me when, having finished a so-called Address to the College, I sat there and listened to somebody who could really talk. When Jack finished, there were tears in my eyes (and there were tears in the eyes of a lot of you, too) but mine were brinier and stung more than yours because it suddenly came to me that as long as there is a Jack O'Connor, I would always be a comparative amateur on the platform. I'd like to see Jack again.

Last September George Hetfield announced his candidacy for Congress from Union County, N. J. Later, by unanimous agreement of the Republican County Executive Committee, Chub became the official candidate. Yesterday the election was held; but when the final votes were announced today, our confrere and classmate came out second-best... but by a margin narrower than the well known blond hair. If you have any affection for our fourfooted equine friends and haven't read Riding High, by all means grab the book (Putnam's, $6) and enjoy not only some mighty fine reading but the added thrill of knowing that it's Bob Alcorn's work. After leaving Hanover, Bob went to Cambridge University and the Ecole des Sciences Politiques in Paris and later served with the OSS as a lieutenant colonel in World Fracas #II.

Actor, writer, narrator... all those things can be written on Bob Sloane's name plate. Contrary to the usual adage, Bob is a Jack-of- all-trades but master-of-all. He's riding high in radio now and it's nice to see.

This next item may be old news to many of you who read the three-part story in the Saturday Evening Post about "Patterson's Marvelous Money Box," i.e., the National Cash Register Co., but for those of you who didn't catch it, here are a few of the things that this feature said about Bob Oelman, Executive VP and probably prexy-to-be: thoughtful, softspoken and bald ... he gave an account with prepared diagrams of some of the less secret aspects of the bombing navigational computer the company is making for the armed services. Interspersed throughout the article are constant references to Bob's active and productive career. It makes a guy feel good to lead these things about one of our classmates.

Right now, the thing that will make me feel better than anything else is to get to bed and get some rest. So, remember, no matter how old you are, you're always '31 . . . I'll see you next month.

1931 fund Contributors

421 Gifts (Participation Index 86) Total Gifts: $14,346.88 (94% of objective) WILLIAM B. MINEHAN, Class Agent

Abbott, Lee K. Acheson, George R., Jr. Akerlund, Andrez P. Alcorn, Robert H. Almond, Henry Alton, William H., Jr. Anderson, Courtney A. Anderson, Kenneth L. Anderson, Robert R. Andrews, Leon F. Ash, Barney Asher, Robert E. Austin, Basil F. Babbitt, Charles A. Baldwin, Richard S. Ball, Baxter F. Barker, Robert H. Barnum, Russell P. Baron, William K. Barrett, John T. Barrington, John G. Bean, Delcie D., Jr. Beckwith, H. Russell, Jr. Beisel, Albert R., Jr. Bender, David J. Benger, William L. Benson, John K. Bettman, Irvin M. Biesel, Robert G., Jr. Billings, Lester K. Blatz, Frank H. Bliss, George O. Blocksom, Robert Z. Blomberge, Harry D.1 Boardman, Arthur G., Jr. Boermeester, John M. Bond, Harold H. Borkum, David N. Boyce, Charles L.1 Boyle, Bernard L., Jr. Boynton, Perry S., Jr. Brettler, Arthur S. Briggs, Charles A., 2nd Bromberg, Gabriel Brummer, Edward C. Burge, Edward S. Burr, Stiles W. Burrill, Edward B. Burroughs, Henry B.2 Byrne, William A. Campbell, Edmund M. Camph, John A. Canfield, Arthur L., Jr. Caragher, Edwin G. Carlson, Rolland D. Carrington, B. W., Jr. Carvalho, Curtis B. P. Caverly, Robert W. Chamberlin. John B. Chamberlin, John H. Chapman, J. Robert Charlton, Ralph W. Chase, Richard B. Child, Samuel B. Choate, Joseph E. Clark, Leonard J. Clarke, Rodney G., Jr.3 Clarkson, Frank B. Clifford, D. Gordon Clisby, Philip J. Clough, Joseph M. Clow, S. Ellsworth Cogswell, John W. Cohen, Arthur R. Cole, John N. Coley, George A. Conklin., George W. Conklin, William S. Cooley, Emerson F. Cram, Spencer E. Crane, Donald R. Crehan, Paul J. Crocker, Samuel W. Crosse, Howard D. Cruikshank, Donald B. Cukor, Richard M. Cunningham, John F., Jr. Curtiss, Edgar F. Danforth, Theodore L. Davis, Arthur C. Davis, John E. Day, Durfee L. Dean, Abner Denby, Richard A. Denham, Daniel L. Derby, Gordon H. Dickerman, Vance Dickey, Robert M. Dilley, Robert V. Dingman, Charles W. Dodge, Rodney W. Donner, Roger B. Douglas, Walter D., 2nd Downey, William H., Jr. Dwyer, Charles W. Ecker, Arthur D. Eldredge, H. Wentworth Elmer, Edward 0., Jr. Engstrom, Charles G. Esersky, Joseph Evans, Peter B. Ewing, John R. Farley, Walter L., Jr. Feltner, John B. Findlay, Ronald W. Fisher, Richard Fleming, Kenneth E. Flynn, Edward A. Frame, James T., Jr. Frankel, George E. Fraser, Kenneth W. Fraser, Robert W., Jr. Fraser, William S., Jr. Frederick, Robert G. Freeman, Gaylord A., Jr. Freeman, John B. Frisby, John D. Gafford, Thomas F., Jr. Galley, Henry W., Jr. Garlick, James H., Jr. Garson, Byron J. Gathright, Joseph R. Gavan, Francis M. Gehring, Carl W., Jr. Geiger, William A. Gilchrist, Hart D. Gilmore, John A. Gilpatric, George H. Glickman, Harold Godfrey, James B. Goodwillie, John J. Gorrie, James D.4 Gorsline, William H., Jr. Gould, Allison A. Gould, William C. Grant, William W., Jr. Greenlund, Nelson C. Greig, Roderick F. Griggs, Chandler B. Gristeck, Charles A. Groves, Samuel A. Gruen, Edward D. Guernsey, H. Sherwood Hale, Robert L. Hall, Lindsey M. Hall, Malcolm W. Hall, Stephen G. Hallenbeck, Millard O. Hamerstrom, F. N., Jr. Hamilton, Richard A. Hanauer, Edmund M. Hanson, Harry E.5 Hanson, Harry E.6 Hardinge, Franklin, Jr. Harmon, Carlyle H. Harms, Feodor A. Harpin, Richard R. Harris, Clifford E. Harvey, Howard E.1 Hase, John H. Hausman, Walter J., Jr. Hayden, William R. S. Hayes, William S. Hays, F. Wilson Hawkins, George A. Hayward, Oliver S. Hedstrom, Olof H., Jr. Henry, Richard M. Herget, John C. Herwitz, Victor J. Hickin, Robert J. Hill, Charles 8., Jr. Hines, John E. Hobbs, Orodon S. Hodson, Frank E. Holbrook, Richard G. Holden, Philip L. Holland, Robert C. Holman, Howard F., Jr. Hovey, David Howard, George C. Howe, Dana H. Hunter, Ralph W. Huntley, Robert A. Hutton, Eben B. Jablonski, Stanley M. Johnson, Henry L., Jr. Johnson, Theodore S. Johnson, Willard F. Jonas, Ralph F. Jones, Alfred E., Jr. Jones, Nathaniel E.1 Karasik, Monroe Kent, Edgar H. Kent, Francis W. Kimball, James A. Klein, Lester J. Klein, Morton A., Jr. Krider, Paul O. Lane, Harold H. Langenbach, Edward R. Larrabee, David M. Laughton, Armine W. Leach, A. Searle Leuthner, John G. Levison, Melvin S. Light, Wilbur R. Lill, George, 2nd Linnell, Harrison R. Linz, Joseph S. Little, William E. Loveland, David S. Lull, Arthur S. Lyall, James Lyons, William E. Maas, Edward J. McAllister, Charles S. McCarthy. Henry J. McCord, Frank P. McCullough, Brantley C. McDonald, W. Clifford McDonough, John T. McElroy, james F. Mclntyre, William H. MacKechnie, John G. McKenney, Leo F. Mackinnon, Tristam A. McKnight, Frank B. McLean, E. Allan McQueeny, Charles A. MacVean, Homer G. Magee, Gray M. Marcy, John W. Marsh, William H., Jr. Martin, Albert G. Martin, John 8., Jr. Marx, Charles S. Mason, Howard F. Macteson, Willard E. Maynard, Ralph T. Mecutchen, Edward T. Mendell, Charles S., Jr. Merriam, Joseph P. Merriman, Frank G. Miller, Blaine H., Jr. Miller, E. Spencer Miller, George H. Miller, William C. Milos, John F. Minehan, William B. Moore, Ernest H. Moore, G. Bedell Morris, G. Douglas Morrow, Earle L. Murphy, William L. Murray, Edward E. Mvliykangas, Lauri E. Neely, Hugh F. Nelson, John M. Nichols C. Maynard Nichols, Franklin T. Nickum, George C. Nims, Charles S. Nims, Ralph O. Noyes, Albert K. O'Connor, Edwin J. O'Connor, Martin B. Oelman, Robert S. O'Keeffe, Adrian F. Oleksiw, Nicholas B. Omasta, Samuel O'Neill, Charles K. Owen, William M. Page, Lincoln R. Palmer, William E. Pastore, Edward W. Parmalee, Charles E. Patterson, J. Thomas Patterson, Reed M. Pedersen, Wallace-S. Peirce, Theodore S. Peschko, Willard L. Peterson, Roland F. Phillips, George L. Phinney, William L. Picken, Edward C. Pierce, W. Parker Pitkin, E-igar S_. Pope, Francis M. Porter, Richard S. Powell, Robert H. Power, Clifton W. Pratt, Malcolm L. Proctor, George N., 3rd Radin, Harold E. Reno, John H. Revere, Seth D. Rhetts, Edward Rice, James W., Jr. Richardson, Roger K. Richmond, J. Henry Rick, Tames, 3rd Rikkola, Allan A. Roberts, Charles D. Robins, George M. Robinson, Charles L, Robinson, Raymond L. Rockhill. Victor E. Rogers, Nickerson Rolfe, No-man C. Rolfe, Robert A. Rosen. Ned N. Rosenblum. Elmer M. Ross, Lincoln E.7 Ross, Lincoln E.8 Rubin, Sidney S. Rushton, Joseph G. Ruskav, Joseph A. Russell, F. Forsba Russell, George B. Rusterhoitz, Wallace P. Ryan, Michael T. Ryder, Charles D., Jr. St. Louis, Robert W.9 1 I Sampson, Kenneth E. Sankey, Richard E. Schackne, John R. Schneider, Charles A. Schuldenfrei, William H. Schuyler, William M. Seder, Harold E. Seepe, Arthur W. Seiden, Milton Seney, Wilson T. Sherman, Saul H. Sieminski, Edmund Siferd, Willis S., Jr. Silverstein, Adolph Simonson, Charles A. Slaughter, Fred A. Sloane, Robert R. Smith, Arthur Thad, Jr. Smith, Elgene A. Smith, Montague T. Smith, Stephen W. Smith, William H. Snow, Tower C. Soule, Parker F., Jr. Spiegel, Arthur H. Spotts, Robert L. Steck, William F. Stevens, George N. Stickney, Josiah, Jr. Stoddard, Donald A. Strassberger, Jesse L. Studwell, Edwin F. Sudduth, James B. Sullivan, Charles L. Sumner, Charles M.7 Sutton, Allard A. Sutton, Edmund B. Symonds, Edmund A. Syrek, Mitchell R.10 Syrek, Mitchell R.31 Taylor, H. Lewis Taylor, Sam M. Taylor, Wesley O. Tetzlaff, Frederick W. Thomas, Caleb H. Thompson, Ward E. Thorn, Craig, Jr. Thornley, William F. Thoisen, J. Wallace Thursfield, Richard E. Toomey, David E. Torras, Alvaro G. Tucker, Lawrence H. Uglow, George S. Vernon, Hollis E. Wagner, Eobert S. Walker, Clifford R. Walker, Hairy S., Jr. Wallace, Robert A. Walsh, William J. Walter, Haft E. Wardle, Ralph M. Warne, Cha les C., Jr. Warwick, Jack R. Waterman, William B. Watson, Henry P. Watson, Joseph C. Weatherley, John S. We in, George H. Weisert, John C. Welch, Frank K. Wendell, William T. West, Edwin A. Weston, Pavson G. Witcher, Wendell J. White, William W. Whitehill, Buell B., Jr. Whittinghill, Maurice Wiles, Kellen Williams, John R., Jr. Williams, Roger P. Williams, Stanley E. Williams, B. Williams. Thomas F., Jr. Willson, Eugene B. Wilson, Douglas E. Wilson, Henry W., Jr. Wilson, Llovd 8., Jr. Wilson, William L. Winkler, David P. Winslow, C. Eliot Wolcott, Tohn 1., Jr. Wolfe, Gilbert L. Wolff, Allan 1.. jr. Wolff, Williard C Wollaeger, Epic E. Woodrine. E. Douglass Woodruff. William E. Woodward. H. R., Jr. Zimmerman. Robert E. Zinn, Martin, Jr. MEMORIAL GIFTS FROM! 1 Robert C. Holland '31.2 Brother, Robert P. Burroughs '213 Richard G. Holbrook'314 Robert G. Frederick'31.5 Charles A. Gristede '316 Sam M. Taylor '31.7 Hollis E. Vernon '318 Airs. Ross.9 Willard F. Jakes on '31.10 G. Vaughan Little '19.11 Anonymous.

WILLIAM B. MINEHAN '31, new Class Agent, helped make Fund history in the 1953 drive.

Secretary, G. DOUGLAS MORRIS 60 E. 42nd St., New York 17, n. y

Treasurer, 1512 Spruce St., Philadelphia 2, Pa.

Memorial Fund Chairman, 824 Beverley Rd., Scarsdale, N. Y