1929
Son: "Dad has probably told you that the 'Walter' element in the Hetfield legal dynasty has finally been broken. For quite some time now, it had been evident that my future occupation would lie somewhere within the engineering field. Although I am not yet definitely sure where, mechanical engineering is the most likely possibility. This breach in tradition, by no means is an indication that the family is abandoning the legal profession. I have a younger brother, Joe, who, undoubtedly, will find his way into the law firm, Hetfield and Hetfield. So far for me the high point of the year has been the D.O.C. - sponsored Annual Freshman Trip. I have been down to Boston for the Harvard weekend and on several trips to other colleges in the area, but none can compare with it. We spent two days on the trails and wound things up with a two and a half day stay at Moosilauke. We had a great time, and I am sure that many freshmen will remember it for a long time to come. I cannot recommend it more highly to all in-coming freshmen. Since I have in Han- over, I have become quite a skiing enthusiast which can be attributed to my roommates who are excellent skiers and great advocates of the sport. I have also done some shooting on the Army R.O.T.C. rifle team. Because my courses turned out to be more difficult than I had expected, I have been limited to these two activities; however, with a new semester coming up and things under better control, I'll have a chance to branch out. I would like to go out for the freshman track team and join the Cabin and Trail division of the D.O.C. In almost everything, family interests parallel. We are all salt-water fishermen which is combined with a "bug" for boats. Dad spent several years training Joe and me to be his crew only to find when he had completed the job that his crew had deserted him to turn profes- sional. To retaliate for his loss, last summer he introduced us to a game which I shudder to mention, golf. His natural aptitude in the use of a pitching-blaster has thus far been responsible for his victories over us. In other sports our abilities are about even, and this has been the primary reason that competition between the older and younger generations has been so strong lately. We can only call Dad "the old man" when we have defeated him in something; although recently the term has been used quite often. You might also like to know that Dad has been named for a promotion to the Superior Court."
Father: "As requested, the subject of my discussion will be 'Walter III and IV or 'Sonnie '29 and Skip '56'. For the past three generations the male members of the Hetfield family have all been members of the legal profession, Walter I, Walter II and Walter III being members of the State Judiciary. Therefore, when Walter IV came along all the neighbors hailed the birth of another judge. However, Walter IV, having great courage, wisdom and independence, threw the family volume of Blackstone out of the window, immediately grabbed a slide-rule and devoted his energies to the more exacting sciences of Chemistry, Calculus, Geometry and Physics. The 'Old Man' has been successful in selling his son the principles of the Republican Party, but so far as the law is concerned, the boy's sales resistance is as solid as the granite of New Hampshire. The Hetfield family, therefore, has at last pulled 'itself out a rut'; and we have a promising engineer in the clan instead of just another lawyer or judge. Skip is hoping to enter Thayer School; and if world conditions improve, he intends to follow up with a P.G. course at M.I.T. He seems to be taking every subject in his freshman year in which, with the exception of English and 'Smut,' I could never in this wide world obtain a passing grade; consequently, I have very little in common with him when he discusses his studies, as his discussions are far over my head. My major was Political Science, not Physics. We do, however, have many things in common. Skip has worked as captain of private cruisers at the Jersey Shore; and we have often scoured the Atlantic together searching for bluefish and tuna. We _ have our own fishing skiff which he keeps in perfect mechanical condition. I can still take him over on the golf course, but his average of 180 on the bowling alley is getting too much for me! Having hung up my spikes in 1929, I am afraid that even in my old specialty of broadjumping I can offer little competition. I expect to be at Hanover for Freshman Fathers' Weekend; and I know that Skip will do his best to inveigle me into putting on a pair of skis. I haven't even seen a pair of skis or snow over three inches deep in 24 years! However, after listening to negligence cases _ day after day, I am getting to be extremely cautious! In order to insure the dignity of the court, my activities at Hanover, therefore, will have to be confined to more passive events! God willing, I will be writing a similar letter to you three years from now, concerning my son Joseph Burke Hetfield '59, who is now 16 years of age, 6' 4" tall and weighs 185 pounds. Although Joe and Skip are about as different in many ways as day and night, Joe has been extremely _ lonesome for his brother and is anxiously awaiting the day when he will join him at Hanover. Joe hopes to major in Political Science and will no doubt turn out to be another one of those 'damned lawyers.' (Editor's Note: Father Sonnie has just been elevated to the New Jersey Superior Court by nomination of Governor Driscoll, following 12 years' service as a County Court Judge. So he's well on his way, following in the footsteps of his father, who served for 15 years on the highest court of the State.)
UPPERCLASSMEN: Arthur B. H. Rose Ronald P. '52 Th 2 Arthur C. Buffington John W. '54 George Case Jr. Lucien H. '54 John Clements Robert '54 Albert C. Fisher James M. '54 George A. Hume Jr. George A., III. '54 Walter Y. L. Kong Thomas Q. '54 George H. Lane Leman G. '54 David T. Martin David K. '54 Kenneth M. Moran John M. '54 John Parker John, Jr. '54 Carrel K. Pierce John K. '54 John L. Pratt John C. '54 Josiah W. Pritchard Josiah B. '54 Wallace W. Willard Henry G., III. '54 John H. Brabb John H., Jr. '55 J. Ellsworth Cavanagh John C. '55 Irving M. Levitas John H. '55 Harry T. Lewis Harry T., Jr. '55 Herbert O. Morse H. Ogden, Jr. '55 Kingsbury S. Nickerson William H. '55 Rollin J. Reading Richard P. '55 Brooks White Brooks C., Jr. '55
At last night's Dartmouth Dinner in Boston, John Dickey, Association Vice President Squeek Redding and Trustee Dud Orr sat at the head table. And gathered around the Class table were: Ralph Ardiff, Dick Barrett,Chris Born, Cap Capalbo, Johnnie Davis, ArtD'Elia, Dick Johnson, Johnny Hubbard,Herm Liss, Heinie Richardson, Don Simpson,Hank Stein, Ken Wilson and Bill Andres.
Herm Liss has just been elected President of the Cambridge Camping Association which provides free vacations for needy Cambridge boys and girls. He is just as proud of that job as he is of Scudder, Stevens & Clark where he manages the Bond Department, as well as being President, Assistant Treasurer and Director of Scudder, Stevens & Clark Fund, one of the foremost investment funds in the country and just now celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Rollie Nivison is now an officer of the real estate and insurance firm of Redden Agency, Inc., Red Bank, N. J., in direct charge of a newly created life insurance department, as well as assistant in the general insurance activities. After several years as a bond trader in New York City, Nivy became associated with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, serving that Company as agent and assistant manager for the past 11 years. In 1951 he was awarded a C.L.U. degree by the American College of Life Underwriters and has been a specialist in the field of business insurance and estate planning. Nivy was an Infantry captain in World War II and now lives in Red Bank with his wife and two sons.
A letter from Jimmy Loveland, who lives in Teaneck, N. J., gives a good report on the doings of an active family, which includes a daughter at Wellesley who enjoys the distinction of being rescued by Dartmouth undergraduates when she twisted her knee skiing on Moosilauke, resulting in a week's stay at Mary Hitchcock the closest, Jimmy says, that he'll ever get to sending a son to Dartmouth.
Bob Lyle is now in his fourth year as Headmaster of the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, which boasts a number of children of Dartmouth alumni, including Stan Johnson's son Alvin in the junior class, a good student and a member of the football, basketball and tennis teams.
Bill Magenau, who is with the Bristol Co. in Waterbury, Conn., has three children: Tom, in junior high, Alan, who attends special sight-saving classes, and Carol, in nursery school. Bill gets around:
"Met up with Red Kimball for the first time in many years but easily recognized him; all of the old pep and spirit is still there, but the term 'Red' is now a complimentary one. Red is in the insurance business in Meriden. Every now and then I see Mai Mather - we are both in the same kind of business - socket screw products. MaJ is Exec. V.P. of Allen Mfg. Co. in Hartford. About 10 months ago I spent a most pleasant evening with Bill Keyes in Los Angeles - just chinning and catching up on each other's activities (mentionable and otherwise) over the past 15-20 years. I also talked over the phone with Fran McEntee and Al Floyd. Going back a year or so further, I was entertained for a grand dinner by Harris Huston and good wife Hazel. That evening we went to the theatre in Washington to see Faye Emerson. I recall having to leave suddenly just as the punch lines were coming, to get the night train back home. Last month I paid a call on BillAlexander at his office in Cincinnati. I guess his alumni activities and work and life in Cincinnati agree with him because Bill looks just fine. He is advertising director for Procter & Gamble's products other than soap. If my memory serves correctly, Bill always has been a good man with 'soap' and this facility is without doubt paying off for him now. A couple of days later I had a most enjoyable visit with Jim Ross, V.P. of Ross-Willoughby Supply Cos. in Columbus. At the recent meeting at the Dartmouth Club in New York, John BrownCook and I got to talking and found that we are living in the same city, or practically so. J. B. is head man at Whitney-Blake Co. - manufacturers of wire and cable products."
Herb McCreery has left New Hampshire for Worcester. He is still travelling around selling clothing and ski equipment. He reports a visit with Charlie Shaeffer in Westport, finding him healthy and well occupied with three lively youngsters (in the small to medium growing stage).
Johnnie Laffey has been appointed Boston District Group Manager for the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, a territory that spreads over practically all New England. Johnnie comes back to New England from Chicago where he was manager of the State Mutual's Group Office.
Another local boy makes good: Nick Nickerson has just been named President of The First National Bank of Jersey City, N. J. Previously Nick had been President of Pittsfield National Bank, a position he resigned in April 1949 to return to his native City to become Vice President of his present Bank.
Bill Sykes has just been elected Vice President of Fidelity Fund, Inc. of Boston. During the '30s, Bill was in the Underwriting Dept. of E. B. Smith Co. and later was with Smith, Barney & Co. and Paine, Webber & Co. During the War, he served as Lieut. Commander in the Navy assigned to the Finance Division under the Secretary of the Navy, where his activities concerned loans and advances to Navy Contractors. In 1948 he became associated with The John Hancock Life Ins. Co. as Assistant Treasurer. Bill is married, has three children and lives in Canton.
It is with deep regret that we announce the death of Baird Rogers, whose obituary appears in the Necrology section of the MAGAZINE.
AN ELFIN NOTE: Joe D'Esopo '29, who operates the Dartmouth Travel Bureau, surprised everyone when he showed how he could play the Alphorn out at the Ski Jump during Carnival weekend. The Alphorn was imported to Hanover by a group of dates and appeared at a number of events.
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THIRD ANNUAL FATHER - SON ISSUE ( Continued)Walter L. Hetjield III.519 West '8th St.Plainfield, N. J. IV101 Gile
