1925
The Alumni Officers' meeting last month found 1925 represented by Milt Emerson, class agent, Ford Whelden, treasurer, Bob McKennan of the Alumni Council, and your secretary. All were accompanied by their wives, as were a large number of the representatives from other classes, which added immeasurably to the pleasure of the occasion. It was, in fact, good to see that the younger alumni are following a good old Dartmouth tradition by getting themselves married to extraordinarily good-looking girls. Caroline and Bob Pierce and Kay and Ben Bowden came up on Sunday to see the next day's ROTC review in which their sons were marching. The Pierces, unfortunately, had to leave immediately after, but Kay and Ben when last seen were still happily settled at the Inn.
June Bryant is a member of the executive committee of the Friends of the Dartmouth Library and continues as one of its major benefactors. The W. L. Bryant Foundation recently gave $1000 for the purchase of a fine Chester Harding portrait of Mrs. Grace Webster, Dan'l's first wife, which hangs near the entrance to the periodical room. He is now engaged in building up a Spanish collection which will be of unusual interest and value.
Buck Jones reports having seen Hort Conrad on the West Coast early in April and going with him to see Neil Williams, who is still hospitalized.... Alice and Milt Emerson have joined the swelling ranks of 1925 grandparents, seems as though grandparents are getting younger every year. ... Bob Hardy has joined the swelling ranks of 1925 grandof New York City... . Jock Brace has recently acquired three more directorships, the United Shoe Manufacturing Corporation, the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., and the Pullman Co.... Dick Colton addressed the Syracuse Transportation Conference, sponsored by Syracuse University on April 29, speaking on "The United Steamship Operator Today." This was the fifth anniversary of the Salzburg Memorial Lectures, one of which Dick delivered in 1951, for which he was on this occasion awarded a commemorative medal.
Distinguished predecessor Ken Hill is taking his time about cleaning out his secretarial files and still comes across an occasional bit of 1925 memorabilia which he dutifully sends in. The latest is a snapshot taken aboard H.M.S. Cornishman in the North Atlantic on June 30, 1925, showing a sturdy group of seagoing cattlemen, to wit: Eddie Pease, BobRahmanop, Jim Howe, Chuck MacMillan, Ollie Kobisk '26, Bob Benjamin, Andy Edson,Ken Hill, Jock Brace and Joe Leavitt, - all so life-like that it brings back everything but the smell. We need many more pictures of the same sort to round out our archives.
Jim Curry, professor of chemistry at Williams, writes in pleasurable anticipation: "I have a sabbatical next year and Leota and I are sailing for Europe on June 11 to be gone for about 15 months. There have been a great many departmental and personal things to take care of, and the end is not yet in sight.
"We will buy a car in France and after some touring we will settle down in Zurich for the winter semester so that I can do some work at the University. Two summers ago when we were in Europe for four months I found that the German I had acquired during my three years in Central Europe during the early '30s had not disappeared. Thus I expect my stay in Zurich to be very profitable. After a month each in Paris and London we will get to Cambridge where I will do some work during the spring term. After more touring the following summer, I imagine we will be very glad to get back to the States just about in time for classes. Right now, however, I am looking forward very much to being care-free for a while."
Who wouldn't?
After a long silence, there is word from Stanton G. Litchfield (formerly of North Mass.), 400 Cedar St., San Diego 1, Calif. Stan is Vice-president and General Manager of the Driver Mortgage Co., a firm which he assisted in forming and which is now the fastest growing organization of its type in San Diego County. He and Bertha have a fine family of four sons and a daughter, to wit: Lawrence 17, Kent 15, twins Bruce and Byron 12, and Marjorie Ellen 6.
Other new addresses, both business and residence when available, are as follows: Martin F. Hnberth, Real Estate and Insurance, 54 E. 57 St., New York 22, N. Y.; NorrisB. Chipman, Foreign Service, U. S. Hicog, Box F40, APO 80, c/o P.M., New York, N. Y.; Horton Conrad, Hunter Mfg. Co., 1550 W. 17th St., Cleveland, Ohio, and 316 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, Ill.; Charles M. Hinckley, 1428 Dorothy Drive, Glendale 2, Calif.; Kenneth R. Parker, vice president, Joslyn Mfg. and Supply Co., 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago 6, Ill., and Route 1, La Grange, Ill.; Albert R. Perkins, managing editor, TheAmerican Magazine, 640 5th Ave.,' New York, N. Y., and 86 No. Chatsworth Ave., Larchmont, N. Y.; Charles M. Wilson, General Electric Appliances, Inc., 55 Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge, Mass.; Arthur N. Blair, 85 S. Lake Ave., Albany, N. Y.; George M. Mansfield, 834 Pleasant St., Canton, Mass.; Allen R. Thurn, 1865 Cloverleaf St., Bethlehem, Pa.
One of the best features of the alumni weekend just passed was the opportunity for informal gatherings in small groups to reminisce, and to discuss the problems of Dartmouth, the country, and the world. In such intimate circumstances, criticism (which even Dartmouth needs) can be franker and more forthright than in more formal or larger meetings. Your secretary picked up a number of points which he hopes to present to you from time to time in the Roundup.
Secretary, 104 Pond St., Natick, Mass.
Class Agent, 80 Eastlawn Drive, Teaneck, N. J.
