1910
Start making your plans - "1910's 45th in '55." This will be the one really BIG '55 event for Tenners.
As a preview of Tenner rallying spirit, the annual 1910 gathering the night before the Harvard game (October 22) should see all attendance records broken!
Noah Foss retired in June, the climax to a truly satisfying career as teacher and counsellor for 42 years at Blake School, Hopkins, Minn. As a sincere tribute, the school paper, the Blake Torch, marked its May 7 issue "Special Noah Foss Issue." From the editorial "Good-by, Mr. Foss - ":
"James Hilton's beautiful story, Good-by, Mr.Chipps, has become a classic of English literature. It is a fond tribute to a man long to be remembered in the hearts and minds of generations of students at his school. Here at Blake we have such a man, Mr. Noah Sylvester Foss. For 42 years he has given of himself unstintingly to generations of Blake boys. We pause now, affectionately, to give him special honor. For, with the end of this school year, Mr. Foss plans to retire from his work among us.
"Mr. Foss teaches with scholarship and experience; but his pupils feel also his human qualities, his kindness and his fairness. Few students ever fail one of Mr. Foss' courses: not because they are easy, for they are among the most difficult in the school, but because Mr. Foss will not let any student lag behind until he is in danger of failing.
"Well done, thou good and faithful teacher. Blake will never forget you, though for the moment we may have to say, 'Good-by, Mr. Foss.' "
As a further tribute, the school set June 13 as "Noah - Day." A grand record, Noah, upon which Tenners are pleased to congratulate you.
Other Tenners have been facing the spotlight. The magazine Modern Medicine used a picture of our Dr. Frank Meleney, on its May 1 cover. Then under the head, "The Man on the Cover," was this sketch:
"The man on the cover is Dr. Frank L. Meleney, Professor of Clinical Surgery at Columbia University and attending surgeon at Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Meleney is a member of the New York Academy of Medicine, the American Surgical Association, Society of American Bacteriologists, and the New York Academy of Sciences. He is a frequent contributor to medical journals and is the author of A Treatise on Surgical Infections and The Clinical Aspects and Treatment of SurgicalInfections. He is co-author of the article in this issue Antibiotics for Surgical Infections."
Another "front-cover" Tenner is Congressman Eck Hiestand. The magazine is Creditand Financial Management, official publication of the National Association of Credit Men. Eck and another California Congressman were pictured with the Association president, at the Pacific Southwest Credit Conference, The cover note gave a brief summary of Eck's business history before he retired and entered the political field as the first Representative elected in this newly-created District in California.
Bert Kent and your Sec took part in graduation festivities last spring: Bert as guest speaker at a meeting in honor of the seniors of the Forestry, Pulp and Paper Department, Syracuse University, and Russ as Commencement speaker at the Troy Conservatory of Music. Whit Eastman contributed an article on "Pleasures of Bird Watching" to the Shattuck Alumni Magazine. Whit is a Shattuck School trustee, Faribault, Minn. He has been off on another bird trip during the summer.
That Dartmouth spark plug on the Pacific Coast, Wilk Wilkinson stirred up another reunion of Tenners about the time we were enjoying the informal gathering in Hanover. Present were: Dick Carpenter, Harold andMary Robinson, Fletch Rogers, Mai Bissell and Wilk, Mabel and their two daughters. After dinner at Wilk's home, there was a brief formality, but here are selected chapters from Carp's account:
"It was a fine evening which included a fine showing of '30 and '40 reunion groups in colored movies taken in Hanover by Director Wilkinson; a masterly dinner enlivened by the unfailing talent of Harold Robinson. to lard the proper course with the proper amusing and so-skillfully presented story, and followed by a floor show which presented Wilk's eldest gal in a billowing ball gown of filmy blue which set off her inherited blond beauty and made one old timer hum, 'Oh! Casey would waltz with the strawberry blonde and the band played on.' Wilk was elected Pacific Tribe Chieftain of D 1910 and took office armed with a volume by Wilder Quint, The Story of Dartmouth, all suitably illustrated and embossed and signed by those in the cheering section. Bissell had tales of all the vexations which descend upon one about to tour northern Europe for four months; Mary Robinson could match that with comments on what it means to be a pastor's wife when he has to take over full charge of a large church for a couple of months in the summer while the staff goes roaming to the far reaches of this great nation. Fletch Rogers had to make quite a trip into town from his headquarters at Salinas. But business forces Fletch to be a consistent vegetarian and he still blooms like a freshman."
A postal from Wilk in the late summer says he and Mabel are definitely planning on Hanover in '55.
Harold Robinson had a pleasant surprise in the form of a call from Thayer and DorothySmith who made the trip to the Coast to catch up with one of their children. Summer visitors in Hanover: George and Elizabeth Davies, the Allen Dorrs, the Rus Palmers, the Jesse Wilsons, the Herb Wolffs, the Rollo Reynolds. The last-named drove from California and planned to spend some time on Lake Champlain. A letter from Chan Baxter:
"I have been carrying that card with the duckboards around with me and have enjoyed showing it to friends, as it surely brings back many pleasant memories and shows what the old College looked like. I got a letter from George McClintock the other day enclosing a number of interesting clippings. Mac surely is a great one and I don't see how he keeps up with so many of us. I have always enjoyed my visits with him over the years in New York. As for news from out here, things seem to be going on about the same. We are all hitting that 65-year post and it is nice to hear news about this or that one retiring and taking things easier. I guess we all slow down, though not in formal retirement."
Five Tenners in the Chicago area - MacKendall, Lew Williams, Paul Albert, Don Bryant and Dick Hursh pooled their resources and entertained your Sec with luncheon at the Palmer House in late July. Through Mac's efforts this has been an annual affair for the past three years. Paul looks young as ever; Don, retired, is getting back into form after his several sessions in the hospital; Lew is working hard and getting a lot of pleasure from it, Dick is "half-retired" and spends many months at his Florida home. He has recently purchased a new one. Mac is retired and taking life as it comes - expects to trip out to California this fall. There is the ideal way to retire. First you work for a railroad for the required number of years, then when you retire you can travel all over. As a former railroad exec you find it very easy to obtain "passage." On the same trip we met with "Van"Van Zant and Les McKay for a dinner in Denver. Van is retired and looking after his father who is well into his 90's; Les is still very active in the real estate business which at the rate that Denver is adding to its importance as a growing western city, looks like the good line to be connected with. It sure is a treat to run into so many Tenners and have these worthwhile visits. It is great, too, to learn how Dartmouth remains part of them.
It is our sad duty to report the passing of Nate Sherman. Death came suddenly during the early morning of August 4. He had appeared in his usual good spirits during the evening, but trouble came in his sleep and he passed away within a few minutes after rousing. Those who visited with Nate during the past two informal reunions in Hanover will recall that he was very enthusiastic in his cattle raising and looked forward to a great future in that line. Our sympathy goes out to his widow and children.
Address changes: L. C. Langdell, 1150 N. Going, Portland 11, Ore.; Rev. H. W. Robinson, 218 Catalpa Ave., San Mateo, Calif.; J. C.Shambow, Acura Co., 392 E. 8th St., Boston 27, Mass.
Accompanying these notes is a photograph of the 1910 reunion group in Hanover in June. Shown in the picture are:
Front Row: Mrs. Harold Sprague, Mrs. Russ Meredith, Mrs. George Underwood, Miss Orilla Moe, Mrs. Nate Sherman, Mrs. Heinie Barrett and daughter, Maria, Mrs. Larry Bankart, Mrs. Don Bryant, Mrs. Harry Wells, Mrs. "Beezle" Parker, Mrs. Andy Scarlett, Mrs. "Mac" Kendall. 2nd Row: Bill Tucker, Mrs. Bill Tucker, Mrs. Ed Keith, Mrs. Dick Boerker, Mrs. Thayer Smith, Mrs. Art Lord, Mrs. Ralph Noyes, Mrs. Herb Woods, Mrs. Jess Wilson, Mrs. Harold Washburn, Charlie Gibson. 3rd Row: "Beezle" Parker, Heinie Barrett, Andy Scarlett, Bill Moe, George Underwood, Thayer Smith, Henry Hutchins, Don Bryant, Ralph Noyes, Art Lord, "Mac" Kendall, Larry Bankart, Charlie Fay, Hap Hinman. Back Row: Russ Meredith, Jess Wilson, Ed Prescott, Harold Washburn, Herb Woods, Ed Keith, Nate Sherman, Ray Seymour, Dick Boerker, Hal Sprague, Ed Shattuck.
1910 had an impressive turnout for its June reunion. Identification in class notes
Secretary, 501 Cannon Pl, Troy, N. Y.
Treasurer, Bond Rd., Kittery Point, Me.
Bequest Chairman,
