1931

This is being written in Norwich, Vt. The annual meeting of Class Officers is in session ... and I've seldom been so flattered. Vou see, because ours is one of the younger classes... get that! ... one of the younger classes, your representative has been housed in the Nor- wich Inn instead of the Hanover Inn which is reserved for oldsters. And, judging from the accommodations, we must be real young. I wouldn't say the room is small, but whenever Laura wants to change her mind I've got to stand in the shower. Last night I bent over to take off my shoes and before I could straighten up the folks across the hall had decorated my derriere with a doily and put a table lamp on it. That's 0.K., though; I'll put up with any- thing just to be designated one of the younger classes.

The purpose of this conclave is to bring guys like me back to GHQ for a refresher course in how a class should be handled. On the record (each officer is graded) you've got a fair-to-middling secretary not good, not bad. So far as 1 can see, each one is faced with the problem that I thought was mine alone, i.e. no mail. But some of them have come up with ideas that work; so don't be surprised if your amanuensis starts tossing around a dif- ferent pitch or two. Matter of fact, we've got to start running things pretty soon because there are big doings not too far in the offing for us '3iers.

Hold onto your hats! A newspaper clipping banners the news that ol' salty Peanuts Win-slow has taken to talking to ladies' clubs. If this is the beginning of a trend, maybe we'll get the Skipper back into civilization yet.

The Auld Lang Syne Department: ran into Howard Crosse last night at the Inn. He's up here lecturing to Tuck School on The Place of the Federal Reserve in our Banking Sys- tem." With us was Prof. Bill Carter who sur- prised the bejeepers out of me by recalling in detail the gang of '3iers he had in Eco- nomics during our sophomore year. He named names, grades and places and this after 25 years! Could it be that we weren't "just an- other class"?

It would be impossible for me to tell you how much these few days each year in Han- over mean to me personally and, I hope, to my intended improvement as your secretary. It would be even better if Minehan and Evans could arrange to be here too. Maybe next year it can be done.

IL UIU UI- UV'"-. This is the last column till next fall. I've tried all year to milk news out of you, but I'm willing now' to admit that other measures must be taken if this is to be your column. Actually, I'm getting so much out of it that I look at my job as finding some way to pass some of the pleasure along to you. Let's see what happens. Have a big summer.

PERSONNEL D.RECTOR: Buell Whltehil Jr. '31 will be on leave of absence from his position as head of the Speech Department, University of Pittsburgh, to serve as Personnel Director of the Rust Engineering Cos.

Secretary, Lambert & Feasley, Inc. 60 E. 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y.

Class Agent, 3042 N. Stowell Ave., Milwaukee 11, Wis.