1918

The finest speech ever was given last June 20 at Reunion when Evie Colwell (Pete's wife) after kissing Hoppy warmly to express the love and affection of the Class of 1918 at our class dinner, said these words, "We're glad our husbands are Dartmouth men, and that they married us." Evie's a sweet girl, who for years and years has been taking snapshots of all '18 gatherings, and remembered classmates in making them available to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. 'Twas Cort Horr and Harvey Hood who made available this month's picture.

1918 CLASS DINNER, N.Y. CITY, THURS. JAN. 14, Geo. M. Davis will show reunion pictures. Pictures of the hoodlums who kept us awake all Sat. night will not be shown. Expenses to N. Y. City for a business engagement are deductible.

Those attending the N. Y. City '18 dinners Oct. 29 and Dec. 3 were Tom Tarrant, Marty Straus, Dan Shea, Ned Ross, Bill Rosenfeld, Howie Park, Syl Morey, Paul Miner, Wart McElwain, Bob Knowles, Johnny Johnston, Rog Holland, Dick Holton, Henry Hesse, Cap Hanley, Gerry Geran, Hal Eastman, Fred Cassebeer, and Eric Ball. Sometime you re up Madison Ave. around 74th St. look at that splendid old drugstore of Fred Cassebeers, a picture of which was in the N. Y. newspapers and many pharmaceutical magazines, showing the professional skill in pharmacy. They celebrated their 175th birthday and our Fred is perfectly cast for the splendid job he does there.... George Gillings is selling balloons and cotton candy with Ringling Bros. George formerly ran a freight elevator but was fired because of inability to remember the route. Bill Rosenfeld has offered to serve this final year on admissions work and is doing a good job ... A new very elfective prodder is Bobknowles, who happens to be a plumber, or rather he can do it if he has to, and Bob for years has been handling the real estate properties of Rhinelander Estates.

At the last class dinner, a book was presented to Bill Christgau, on prominent monuments in N.Y. City, and most of those present autographed it. After some tonic and chewing off an ear of Howie Park and Hal Eastman, Chris left early as he is vestryman of his church. . . . Paul Huber was reported to be in Bermuda recently. . . . Wait McElwain carried the ball through the Notre Dame line. Ann and Johnny Johnston had 29 for Thanksjiving: Ann's father 84, Uncle 82, Aunt 79; and Doug's moving down to Tennessee to be a star salesman for his dad's company, Beldmg Corticelli. Nice to see Howie Park out. A name to conjure with in real estate circles throughout the country, Howie had his hand in on the huge Socony Vacuum building going up opposite the Chrysler Bldg. on 42nd St. Stockholders write in that the building is too heavy - it will sink the island of Manhattan. Howie would put an alarm clock in roommate Dusty Rhodes' ear to be sure to get him up tor Chapel .. . Dick Aishton handles some of the toughest jobs for the Continental Illinois Natl. Bank of Chicago. His good judgment is much respected. We're counting on all four of these bank vice presidents to some day be president: DickAishton, Dick Holton, Russ Howard, Andy Ross, any others ?

Good news: Phil Everett is recuperating fine. His '18 35th March, to be played by the Dartmouth Band and presented to the College, has been screened by Eddie Earle '17 the Music Dept. at Hanover, and now has gone to famed Bones Joy '16. as one of the best band arrangers in the country. Class chorister Rog Howland quickly saw the possibilities in Phil's creative effort, and the class and the College are the beneficiaries.. .. Welcome guest at N. Y. City dinner was Eddie Felt, mighty husky looking as if he lived only the outdoor life - says he still has been working in his garden in December - can t retire now, got children and grandchildren to give a hand to.... Helene and Hugh Whipple's son David, left to become Vice Consul in Rangoon, Burma. Momentarily Hugh is to become a grandfather. That rugged smiling Irishman, Cap Hartley, is still playing 72 holes of golf a day Wonderful dues-paying record: 140 paid their $5 dues, and 21 paid $25 for five years. Have you and you and you sent in your class dues for $5?' Please do to W. C. Glover, Write, 420 Lex. Ave., N. Y. City.

Jake Bingham just missed the Class 18 dinner in N. Y. - enjoyed so much getting acquainted with Bill Coulson at Reunion Tommy and JohnnyThayer, who escaped the heat of last summer in the mountains of No. Carolina, are living in their lovely new home with terrazzo floors, 1½ blocks from the beach at Delray —. .. . Geran missed his six pats of butter and six rolls at the last dinner. Substituting for Gerry and doing pretty well were Paul Miner and the writer. . . . V.P. Dave Skinner and V.P. Red Wilson could not attend the last class dinner - they were at the Investment Bankers Assn. in Hollywood Beach, Fla. - Dave got back from the West Coast recently, reported son Dave is not a VP yet, but said the reason why Dartmouth beat Yale was because 22 of them out of the 44 "were Betas.

Pitch a cheering note to Bert Bluesky, in care of Clinton B. John, Iroquois, N. Y. - cheer him up The following is a resolution of the Class of 1918 endorsing the Bequest Program: whereas the class of 1918 . . .meeting 6/20/53 at their 35th, realizing that Dartmouth must look to her sons for the major portion of endowments to meet its obligations and opportunities, as the leader among the private colleges of the nation, and believing that devotion to the support of the College by every alumnus should endure in perpetuity, RESOLVED: that the Class of 1918 formally Pledges to the College that continuous efforts will he made to keep all members of the Class of 1918 informed as to the appropriate steps that may be taken to provide for Dartmouth in their estate plans."

Minetta and Syl Morey's stalwart son Clayton, who figured in a prominent Long Island wedding last Sept., who works for the famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy, and is studying architecture at Columbia at night, is designing and making some of his own furniture — "working much harder than I ever did at his age," said Sylvester, reflecting on his illspent youth.... In a Springfield, Mass., newspaper: "Conn, man sued a bank where he was a holdup victim. Lyman T. Burgess ... in his $100,000 damage suit, charged that the Chicopee Savings Bank 'failed to exercise ordinary care, for the protection and safety of persons on the premises' and was 'an innocent bystander' when he and Bank Treas. were shot and wounded by the gunman who escaped without any loot. The bandit never has been captured."

Judy Ross, Oma and Ned's daughter, at Denver U., says that Colorado Springs tops Boulder. Remember Ned Ross's brother Wally '09, of the D.C.A.? The Social Beaver handbook of MIT Christian Assn. has a page dedicated to Wally in recognition of his 34 years of devoted work. My, how many men we've heard that Wally helped or encouraged to come to Dartmouth! — Bill Christgau, Charlie Comiskey '15, Ike Telfer '16. Wally was one of Dartmouth's greatest influences for good.

Fat Hardie was in town and Steve Mahoney,Stan Jones, Dan Shea and Florimond Duke enjoyed him immensely. Rumor has it that Fat will be off on a cruise this winter or a stay in Florida - that on retirement he may live at the Hanover Inn. It has been said that Fat came out of the Navy from a sort of Lord Fauntleroy family; with a background like the old Colonial Dames, with a cultured Wellesley upbringing, and lo and behold he landed on the rugged hearth of a steel company pouring molten lava - and in a year or two he was the toughest man you ever saw - almost as tough as his old crony one of the greatest football players ever, our own Ed Healey. Some have suspected that the reason why Fat is one of Republic Steel's greater salesmen is because he can be at home at a tea party with a bunch of tough labor leaders, or with les belles dames, or even with the bordelles de la mer - truly a versatile and much beloved man. Frank Clahane, who is a trained CPA. and has a saturated knowledge of investments, does a difficult task exceedingly well and exposed to 15 or 20 prominent industrialists making up the board of a local bank, must be fast on his feet to handle any and all question thrown at him. Frank says the old ankle isn't right yet - certainly hope it will be, Frank. ... Carol and EmMorse sang the high praises of Evie Col well s snapshots of '18's reunion at Hanover last Oct. 17 - did the town (NYCity) in Nov. and had a nice visit with Pat and Killer Stoddard at their ranch 100 miles up the Hudson, and got back in time to entertain Ruby and Spike MacIntyre 17, at the Cornell game After Helen and Paul Miner relaxed in the Hanover Inn lobby for a few days, casting disapproving eyes on the Bermuda shorts and the thick, heavy wool socks, they accepted the warm invitation of Helen and Lou Cousens, and stopped off at their Keene farm for doughnuts and coffee, where Lou with his porcupine sophomore haircut was pushing a bulldozer around with the he-man-traits of a Ddn Sbea.

Nipper Knapp (Helen and he had such a wonderful time at Reunion!) who runs the Gray Foundry at Poultney, Vt., was elected to the Associated Industries of Vt. Leon Dodge's son Douglas, is doing a great job on the Alton High basketball team Cort Horr's old roommate at Hitch, gym team member Tommy Groves, referred to frequently by Bill Cunningham '19 m his column as the "distinguished Cape Cod pedagogue, now becomes the head of the English Dept. in No. Attleboro, Mass. So eight-year-old Nicky and Olive have pulled up stakes from Hyannis on the Cape The Federal Reserve Bank announced Harvey Hood was reelected as a Class B director of the First National Bank of Boston. Hood's milk is grade AAA and we want you a Grade A director, Harvey. . . . Disporting themselves at the Hanover Inn in Nov. were M. O. and Stanley Jones, Maaelineand Don Scully (their third son now at Dartmouth) and Lucy and Al Piper from Keene, N. H., who often get up for a visit. . . . Red Hulburt, who awhile back was bit with appendicitis, was back on the job before the sheets cooled off. . . . Priscillaand Tom Shirley's Bob, as a freshman, got into the 13 to 6 victory of Yale fresh over the Dartmouthites, the noon of the big Y-D game.

Witnessing the enjoyable D victory at Princeton were Jim Salisbury, the Johnson & Johnson executive, Paul Erwin (we missed you, Mary), Helen and Paul Miner, BillChristgau, Dick Holton, Bill Rosenfeld and his dad, 86 (and he was in the spirit of the game too - on agreement, a swallow of bourbon each Dartmouth touchdown), MartyStraus with his charming wife, Ann Marlowe, the actress (in defense of less rigid academic requirements at Hanover, Marty has the statistics to prove that big men come from the top 10% and the bottom 10% of the class), Dapper Dan Shea, who Lou Cousens snarlingly calls a sissy, the writer and Stanley Jones. Observers reported that at the end of the game flyweight Stanley Jones was seen being dragged across the gridiron in a happy mood by Randy Burns '13, and Jib Dingwall '16. But to show his versatility, on Dec. 5 he was the perfect host, with a most gracious toast at the wedding of Willie Stedman '19. The next day Stanley was sick.

We have a clipping showing our classmate State Senator, Hal Kendall, in conference with Senator Styles Bridges-he frequently sees Bill Colby and Jake Bingham Joe Quincy is feeling much better and is happy that EddieFerguson is feeling so good again... . Eddie sent an awfully good clipping from the newspapers in Boston after the Harvard game which read in part, "The crowds attended because they enjoy sitting in a stadium on an autumn afternoon, watching enthusiastic young men maul each other a little and seeing other happy people picnicking and not worrying too much about the details of the game taking place on the field in front of them. When the game was over, no one reached for the gaspipe. There is an impression here that the game was meant to be like that." Good, isn't it?

Stew Burns' son Alexander is pres. of the Franklin, N. H., Rotary Club Bill Colby, Concord, N. H., barrister, is v.p. of the Natl. Conference of Commissions on Uniform State laws. ... GeneMarkey's daughter Melinda is playing in TheWomen starring Gypsy Rose Lee and directed by Tune Havoc. . . . Jake Bingham had a delightful visit with Charlie McCarthy at Rotary ....FredMorse was recently in Concord. Fred travels doing health work.

'"signed "Pups" from the distinguished New Jersey barrister, was a card reading: "Please note last sentence on mimeograph re Oct. 29 get-together: 'We're old enough now to indulge a bit Should it not read: 'We're too old now to indulge a bit?' "... Everyone will be glad to know that Walt Nelson who had a slight heart upset, and is Asst. VP of the East River Savings Bank, is now fine 'again Fat Sheldon got down to see son Roger with Genl. Motors overseas.... As we passed the Anthroposophical Society bldg. at Madison 'Ave. at 37th St. near Morgan Museum where they have the reading room and which Syl Morey is very active in, Gerry Geran remarked Syl is treasurer here, you know - he got in on the right end."

Us Granger has agreed to serve as special consultant to Navy Sect R. B. Anderson. On his trip to So America, Harold Glendennmg visited Bahia, Rio Santos, Sao Paulo, Montevideo and Buenos Aires The Westfield, Mass., newspapers flashed the heading that World War I vet Robbie Robinson presented himself to his constituents in seeking election to the Westfield School Committee Their three sons have gone through the local schools from kindergarten to high school, and Robinsons Reminders business has for years given employment to 100 to 200 townspeople.... Bill Brewster, owner-director of Birch Rock Camp, E. Waterford Maine, gives his address till next May 15 as 435 Highland St., Newtonville, Mass.... Our author, Stew Teaze (Centennial Commemorating the Opening of Japan in 1853 by Commodore Perry) wrote from Jamestown, R. I., "George Arnold graced the island and our Conanicut Yacht Club with his presence last summer. Occasionally I batted a tennis ball across the Casino nets with Louie Hobbs. Believe it or not, with a younger Newporter, Louis won the championship of Newport."

Marion and Dave Garratt are enjoying running an antique shop in Baltimore where Dave has assembled a collection of rare pistols. Dave, commissioned at Fontainebleau as an officer in the French Army in World War I, did a splendid job of running that picnic boat trip to the Navy game. Said Stirling Wilson '16, "Larry and Mary Pope, my wife and I, had a beautiful ride down blue water at that Navy game. We had some good harmonizing with Judge Clarence Opper singing lead, Larry bass, Page Worthington '33 baritone, and yours truly tenor, with Dick Holton kibitzing." Dick's wondering who Carleton G.Muggs '18 is. It was nice to see Dave Skinner elected director of Harriman Ripley and Co. he's v.p. in charge of Syndicate operation, and a good one too.... Elizabeth and Hal Day spent a delightful week in Hanover, and we're all sorry we missed them.

Doc Angell was installed as pres. of Mass. State Exchange Club. He's a trustee of Glover Memorial Hospital; other '18 sons at Hanover visited by Doc's son Norman were Tom Bryant's, Don Scully's son and Tom Shirley's Bob.

One more of many honors comes to Dr. RolfC. Syvertsen, Chrmn. of the N. H. Chapter of the Jackson Laboratories Assn., which does research entirely on cancer at Bar Harbor, Me., with the results of its research being passed along to other institutions, enabling them to continue probing other phases of the problem.... A much deserved vacation for Dottie and George M. Davis they were in Florida for three weeks conventioning at the swanky Boca Raton Hotel.

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