1934
It would undoubtedly be humiliating to the secretary o£ an ordinary class to arise, figuratively, from a dinner at which the Class Secretary o£ the Year has been extolled for many accomplishments, among which is one of meeting deadlines with exactitude, only to sit down, literally, to beat out this piece some several days late. But as we are all alone here, it is perhaps safe to abandon our natural modesty and admit that we not only are far from being an ordinary class, but that we were, as a class, early in our careers humili- ated by experts, variously identified as Her- bert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt or John Maynard Keynes, depending upon the indi- vidual's particular collection of genes, chro- mosomes or political literature.
IHU3UIUV.J w _ Therefore, we can with impunity, im- munity and the usual accumulation of upper case "I's" admit that we have just returned from the annual strawberry festival for class officers held in Hanover in the State of New Hampshire. Messrs. Copp, Gilbert and Foley were in attendance, Messrs. Scherman and Thomas were very much missed by all, and the affair met with unanimous approval. That young fellow who replaced Hoppy up there, the name escapes me, wasn t around; they said he was off selling liniment or something, but a very representative group of college officials was, and we don't have to worry too much - Dartmouth's in pretty good hands. In fact the only thing we have to worry about just a little at the moment is the rising ALUMNI MAGAZINE costs which may require some consideration by our executive commit- tee later on.
For a complete report of the business ses- sions, interested brothers may contact Mr.Copp at the June 13 outing at the Krogslunds'. By a vote of 2 to 1, George was elected to take care of that problem of class communica- tions.
In the extracurricular activities, '34 did its usual excellent job on the entertainment end, and due to the absence of those 1954 (fifty- four) kids who were around last year, this year managed to regain the honor of closing up the joint.
J All of which demonstrates, we hope, to the class that its interests are being protected to the best of the abilities of its present officials and will, for the coming year, as Herman Hickman used to say, keep our constituents, if sullen, at least not mutinous.
Beyond that, however, we are still doing all right in the field of VITAL STATISTICS, for instance... to Lt. Col. and Mrs. GrantHealey on February 10, 1953 at the Walter Reed Array Hospital in Washington, D. C., was born a son. Grant Ernest George Healey ... and to Mr. and Mrs. Neal W. Richmond a son was born on March 18, 1953.
In the HITHER AND YON DEPT. this month, too, you can learn that... in and near Lansing, Michigan nearly 500 homes have been built by the North American Homes Corporation since January 1949. Secretary- treasurer of this firm, which specializes in compact, low-cost housing, is Noel V. Maxam ... a new campaign for civilian volunteer plane spotters for the Ground Observer Corps which was prepared for the Advertising Coun- cil by the firm of Ruthrauff and Ryan, volun- teer task fprce agency for this public service, non-profit organization, has been presented to top ranking Air Force and Civil Defense Of- ficials at the Pentagon. Gail Raphael, vice- president, was one of three company officials who outlined the projected campaign ... and Wendy Williams departed on May 1 with wife Helen for a motor trip through France, Holland, Western Germany, Austria and Switzerland. They intend to place special em- phasis on Holland where Helen will buy a stock of antique tiles for her budding new business "Rare Tiles."
20 YEARS AGO, though, we seem to have been more interested in the wind-up of the campus baseball competition. ... T. C. Flem-ming, for instance, struck out 15 men as Streeter defeated Middle Mass.... the Alpha Delts with Crandell, Wendell, Allen, Douglas, and Powers in the line-up won the fraternity finals ... and Franklin Foster, in a relief role for the Juniors, allowed only one hit and one run. ... C. T. Birch won the Spring Golf Championship.. .. cheerleaders were selected for the fall, with H. R. Davis Jr. heading up a group of H. A. Logan, R. L. Oare, R. H.Doyle and H. A. Steyn Jr. ... Mai Hallett was at Roseland. ... J. H. Poole was elected presi- dent of the Dartmouth Players .. . and the Experimental Theatre presented three prize- winning plays including those of A. E. Kahn and S. H. Silverman.. .. George Gitsis fea- tured his 45c special lunch and advertised for rent a two-room apartment suitable for four students, which officially marked the end of the downtown gentlemen's club run for the previous two years by the firm of Edwards, Stangle, Masterton and Foley ... the classified ads evidenced the erudition and perhaps the naivete, of the times with "If whomsoever found a five dollar bank note yesterday will return same to The Dartmouth office, it will be much appreciated"... the Nuggett announced the examination schedule of movies, which included Janet Gaynor in "Adorable" ... and the curtain descended upon The Dartmouth indicating a period of quiet time with much prayer and fasting.
But the quiet time has not carried over these twenty years. Over that classy inter-com system which when we were young, McGee, was known as yelling up the back stairs, ye sec is informed in no uncertain terms by the ball and chain, in one fell swoop quoting both Sophocles and the National Association of Manufacturers, that "It is later than you think." Which is where she is very wrong!
Because, although we know that it's late as hell right now, for you who will be reading this early in June, it's not half as late as you might think. You can still make that June 13 date at Nels Krogslund's in Old Greenwich, for instance, with your little picnic lunch and big thirst or vice versa. And although it is probably not necessary to men- tion the Alumni Fund said he as he snapped his twisted arm back into its socket for those of us who have not yet bent our delicate efforts towards beating the brains out of those other classes in the immediate vicinity, there is still time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.
Which proves that i£ you try hard enough you can make the old bromides last right up until the magazine year is over, when you have the whole delicious summer in front of you to get ready for the October issue. Hope you'll do better with your summer!
Secretary, JOHN J. FOLEY . 12 Berwick St., Worcester 2, Mass.
Class Agent, 370 Central Ave., Orange, N. J.
