1933
Again we are saddened by news of the death of a classmate. Lester S. Leavenworth died September 4 at Norfolk, Va., after a short illness. Our sympathy goes out to Les' family.
We were privileged to have a few moments with Burt Martin when he was in Buffalo recently, during a month's whirlwind lecture tour under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation. Sven and Nancy Tunander drove up from Auburn, N. Y., and helped us reune. The visit was all too short since Burt was immediately flying back to Japan where he is a member of the faculty of Arts and Letters (modern American Literature) at Tohuko University in Sendai, Japan. I heard his talk at the Buffalo Rotary Club (incidentally, Burt has the honor of being the only foreigner in the Rotary Club of Sendai which has a membership of about 75), and he has a powerful and heartening message. He went to Japan eight years ago for the State Department, prepared to hate the Japanese for their part in the war. But he has learned to respect, admire and love them instead, particularly the small farmer who makes up over 80% of the population and is the real backbone of Japan. Extra-curricularly, Burt and many other dedicated volunteers - mostly American but some British and other westerners too - are working with the young people of Japan establishing Strong Kindness sports clubs (judo, wrestling, archery, "basebarru," "footbarru" and other sports), whose aim and actual achievement is the teaching of Christianity and democracy by precept and example, through emphasis on physical and mental health, without any emphasis and almost without mention of the words "Christianity" and "Democracy," which, as symbols, are suspect by the Japanese because, originally not comprehended clearly by the Japanese mind, their constant proclamation and repetition since the war in application to a myriad of experiences has resulted in confusion of meaning. Burt pleads for agricultural and medical missionaries from this country for Japan. He doesn't know of any Dartmouth-in-Japan at the present time but hopes there will be one in the future. He says communism has made far less headway among the little people who constitute the great majority of Japan's population than we here in this country fear, and he gives great hope for the future of Japan and the strengthening ties of friendship between that country and our own.
ODDS 'N' ENDS FROM HERE ANDTHERE: On Dartmouth Night in Buffalo, saw Stan Colla looking mighty fit. His oldest boy Coleman entered Dartmouth this year, much to Stan's gratification. Henry C. Smith (who is in industrial engineering with Air Associates, Inc., in Orange, N. J., and who now lives at 155 Woodland Ave., Summit, N. J.), Ken Spang, and Hal Mackey and daughter were in Hanover in July, August and September respectively. Dr. Evan R. Collins, president of New York State College for Teachers at Albany, was the commencement speaker at Elyria, Ohio, High School in June. Charles H.Wagner Jr., former secretary-treasurer of Parker Appliance Co. in Cleveland Heights, has been appointed to the sales staff of the Wm. J. Van Aken Organization Inc. (real estate) where he will specialize in Heights residential and apartment sales. Jack Manchester's picture appeared in the Valley News of September 1 with ex-superintendent Howard Mason of Hanover. An earlier clipping from the Valley News reported that Justin A. Stanley had resigned as vice president of the College and would return to the practice of law with the firm of Isham, Lincoln and Beale in Chicago. A follow-up from the Chicago Tribune in August stated that the Stanleys had bought a house in Winnetka and a cabin at the Wausaukee Club, Athelstane, Wis., and that their Chicago friends were delighted to welcome them back from Hanover. On the other hand, those of us who had an occasional chance to see Leigh and Jus in Hanover will miss them. We recommend a WAH-HOO-WAH for Jus on the job he has done for Dartmouth's development program during the last two years. Well done, thou good and faithful servant!
We have a whole pile of address changes which accumulated during the summer. We'll give them to you, starting with the latest ones and working back to the earlier ones:
Shar Bush out in Columbus 9, Ohio, has made the interesting move from 246 E. Long St. to 2130 E. Broad St. Middle age creeping up, eh, Shar?
Bill Hinkel, down in Pittsburgh 19, has been elected president of Clearsite Labs, Inc. whose business is chemical manufacturing and equipment sales. The shop is at 8 Logan St., and Bill lives on Hunt Road, Pittsburgh 15.
Ted Holmes now lives in New Vineyard, Me., and George Waters' new address in Port Huron, Mich., is 1209 18th St. Howie Porter has moved to 8 Runkenhage Rd., Darien, Conn., and we don't know whether he's still with Credit-America Corp. Irv. Jonas, another credit man, is manager of Federal Credit Service at 27 Charles St., Haverhill, Mass., and lives at 23 Quimby St.
Bill Sherman is again teaching at Middle Township High School, Cape May Court House, N. J., and lives on Dias Creek Road. Parmer Maxwell has moved to 1912 West 4th, Corsicana, Tex. Are you still with H. H. Whelan Co., Parmer?
Herb Shea, still with Bankers Trust Co., called on your reporter this summer. Just a social call with no financial angles, darn it.
Frank King's new address is 2933 Yellow Creek Rd., Akron 13, Ohio. Looks like he's still with Firestone. No account of address changes would be complete without FordMarden. He has moved back to New Hartford. N. Y., where he lives at 90 Red Hill Road and whence he commutes to Utica Drop Forge & Tool, 2415 Whitesboro St., Utica 4, where Ford is property accountant. William B. LewisJr., now lives at 16 Lowell Rd., Port Washington, N. Y. Malcolm Sherwood has moved out of N. J. and now vends at Mt. Nebo Rd., R. F. D. 2, Newtown, Conn. Shepard Palmer has moved to 55 E. Town St., Norwich, Conn, and Kenneth McKeown to 376 Rosewood, Winnetka, Ill.
We'll finish off with one of our English cousins: Brother Norm Crabtree, who hangs his hat at Peel House, Plane Tree Road, Hale, Cheshire, England. Is business still grinding along, Norm?
Secretary, 217 Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, N. Y.
Treasurer, Quechee, Vt.
Memorial Fund Chairman, 44 Maple St., Dover, N. H.
