1926
This is the time for crocusesTo poke their noses through the loamEach northbound robin focusesHis thoughts upon a summer home.
Now seeds begin to germinate;Now leaps the lamb, the calf, the goat,And as for me, I'm feeling great:
Today I shed my winter coat.
This year, April not only brings spring, a refiguring of golf handicaps, the Alumni Fund, but also the postponed settlement of income tax. So remember Okey O'Connor when you fill out that contributions item of Page 3 of Form 1040. It costs less than you think to support Dartmouth, and carries on the opportunities for our sons and their contemporaries that we were so fortunate to enjoy those thirty years ago when times were a little less acute.
Our regular readers will recall the DDT article by Granny Knight from FortnightMagazine submitted by Bobo Williams in the January issue. A letter to the editor of Fortnight recently had this wise crack:
"Re DDT: 'Miracle or Boomerang?' Who was your authority for the statement that GranvilleKnight M.D. of Santa Barbara is a leading authority on insecticides? His article would lead one to believe that he and 'Rex Morgan' of the comic strips have been collaborating! How did he ever leave 'June and Karen' out?" However, the editor follows up with this comment, which is a great compliment to our Granny: "Dr. Knight's eminence in the field is well known. A Dartmouth graduate, he took his M.D. at Columbia and interned at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York. He has made a lifelong study of pesticides, is currently President of the American Nutritional Society, and is considered along with M. S. Biskind, M.D., of Westport, Conn., William Coda Martin, M.D., of New York City and Francis Pottenger of Sierra Madre, Calif., one of the four leading authorities on the effect of pesticides on the human system in the U. S."
Other classmates in the public eye are: (1) Dick Eberhart, poet-in-residence and visiting professor of English at Wheaton College who read from his poetry in the Crystal Room of Alumnae Hall at Pembroke College. The Pawtuxet Valley Times (W. Warwick, R. I.) had this to say:
"Professor Eberhart has published several books of poetry, among them An Herb Basket in 1950, Selected Poems in 1951 and Under cliff in 1953. He has been awarded the Shelley Memorial prize of the Poetry Society of America, the Guarantor's prize of Poetry magazine and the Harriet Monroe memorial prize. He is president of Poet's Theatre, Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., has received undergraduate degrees from the University of Minnesota and Dartmouth College and a Master's degree from Cambridge University in England. Professor Eberhart has taught and given readings at the University of Washington, Mills College, University of California, University of Connecticut and at Harvard, and when a young man (Ed. note: Hey, what do you call him now?) was tutor to the son of King Prajadhipos of Siam."
(2) Seward S. Tyler was appointed as full time assessor for Ipswich, Mass. The Eagle (Lawrence, Mass.) describes Sew as follows:
"Tyler, who has been a member of the school committee for the past four years, has been a prominent business man for the past 25 years. He is a native of Ipswich, attended local schools, graduated from Manning High School with the Class of 1922 and was a member of the Class of 1926 at Dartmouth College. He majored in business adinistration and took over the management of Tyler's store on Market Street from his father, Charles Sumner Tyler. He served on the Ipswich finance committee for five years from 1936 to 1941, resigning when he moved to Connecticut during the war in connection with defense work. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and has served as treasurer of the Ipswich Rotary Club for the past three years. Tyler is married to the former Charlotte Ames and the couple have three children, Mrs. Robert Turner of Chicago, Charles Sumner Tyler, a senior at Norwich University, and Peter Ames Tyler, who is studying at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn."
(3) After the fall season is over, Roy Kelley becomes one of New England's most popular after-dinner speakers. The Telegram-News (Lynn, Mass.) relates this typical evening in Buckey's life:
"The Holy Name Society of Our Lady of the Assumption Church will enjoy the first in a series of monthly affairs tonight when Leroy J. Kelley, well-known high school and college football official, is guest speaker at a Father and Son night at the South School. Kelley, who has garnered much experience through his dealings with leading footall teams throughout New England, will relate some of the interesting anecdotes in his career. Star of Dartmouth College teams and a past president of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Officials Association, Kelley was one of the officials in the Notre Dame-Penn game last fall."
Fortune, the magazine of the captains of industry, published a fine picture of CarlosE. Allen of Campbell, Wyant and Cannon company in its February issue. Ed Hanlon, our New York correspondent, failed to send any accompanying article.
The plea for news, whether it be letter or post card, has brought forth several postal cards from the boys this month. Russ Webster, the Ohio reporter for this column, sent in a view of the State Capitol at Columbus with the message, "Fifty-two didn't hurt a bit, and I feel good for another 10,000 miles." We assume all goes well, too, with Toledo Scale and the Webster family. From Montego Bay (Jamaica, B.W.I.) came two cards from Dick and Kay Mann extolling the beauties of the Bahamas. Don Norstrand sent in a picture of the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, with the note, "Dot and I are down here on a two-week banana boat trip and having a whirl. I'm afraid I'll miss the Hanover weekend for parents as will barely be back and I'll have to return to office as well as company party Saturday night." Incidentally the class treasury is in good shape.
It is with deep regret that we must announce the death of Franklyn KingslandOakes on February 4. Further details are contained in the In Memoriam columns of this issue.
Thomas C. Colt is celebrating his 20th anniversary as director of the Portland Art Museum and has extended an invitation to the class through the Secretary to join with him during the afternoon and evening of April 13, at 2575 S.W. Montgomery Drive, Portland, Ore., to celebrate in marking the beginning of another twenty years as Art Museum director.
To celebrate the 50-year-oldsters for April, the month of the income tax, we complete our recent quotations from Ogden Nash.
But when you roar at the income tax And the slippery bureaucratic hacks And the ancient political fishlike smell And assert that the world is going to hell, Why, you are not old at all, at all; By gad, sir, You are on the ball.
Those who reach the half-century mark this month are: Doug Everett, April 3; JackRoberts, 8; Len Obermeier and Lee Powers, 9; Ed Dooley, 13; Jack Altizer, 16; and HermArenovski, April 21.
In the mellowness of this occasion, many fine letters have been written to share with the Class. From Pete Potter in Bronxville, N. Y.:
"It was indeed good to hear from you last month on the occasion of my 50th birthday. The day itself passed without an appreciable bump, since those who were good enough to remember the event were tactful enough to avoid unqualified congratulations.
"Moreover, the day was not without its immediate advantages. Work as usual, but followed by a delightful evening in town for dinner and a superb show - Teahouse of the August Moon. And the arrival of the significant date gave statistical justification for miscellaneous changes (Corey Ford has outlined various details) which have come to my attention in recent years.
"Your letter speaks of 'the lessening of pace and toil in the years ahead,' - a splendid idea, Hub, and I'm still seeking the formula. These second fifty years may be our last, and we ought to be smart enough to handle them more intelligently than the first.
"My wife and I get to Hanover once or twice a year to visit her brother, and I hope to see you and my other '26 friends there on our great 50th reunion - earlier if possible."
And from George Starke on the letterhead Of the Sperry Gyroscope Company - Vice President for Sales.
"A belated but sincere thanks for your thoughtful salutation on my attainment of the half-century mark. There is no doubt about this.
"As yet I have not sensed any increased respect from either my family or my associates, nor any relaxation of demands on my time. Undoubtedly the latter will occur sooner than desired.
"Since last writing, I have sold my house in Oyster Bay Cove and making my official residence at East Hampton where we have rented a house. Our plans are to settle here eventually and keep a small apartment in New York.
"Dame Fortune and Mr. Sperry have interfered with a long overdue trip to Cleveland so far. We'll get there yet and have a visit."
Dick Gunthorp as usual comes right to the point.
"Many thanks for your remembrance letter regarding my birthday. Apparently it isn't fatal as might have been expected, because I not only feel wonderful but a lot of others have gone through the same horrible experience."
To supplement the social notes of the Boston papers published in last month's issue, Don Mackay sums up his family situation as follows:
"Let it be noted that daughter of the undersigned member of the class of 1926, Judith Mackay, on December 18, 1954, took unto herself as spouse one Howard Phillips, of Pittsburgh, one time member of Carnegie Tech, currently 2nd lieutenant in the U. S. Army (AAA).
"Judy graduated from Smith College in the Class of 1954, cum laude, and spent the summer in Europe.
"Current plans for the couple are far from certain. They have taken an apartment on Revere Street on Beacon Hill, Boston, to which they will return after a honeymoon reportedly being spent at Harmony Hall in Bermuda.
"The bride's mother Winifred attended the 25th reunion of her class at Jackson last June. The bride's poppa is well as usual."
In spite of the absence of the Class Officers, the Parents-Sons weekend on February 18-19-20 was a great success. As previously noted, the Treasurer was down observing conditions in Central America, and the Secretary spent the weekend in his bedroom simmering with the flu, after having checked his suitcase from Cleveland to White River Jet. the day before the sudden attack. Incidentally, it took two weeks to retrieve the shirts, slacks and jacket via Railway Express. Holt McAloney has already chronicled the events of the weekend in his Bulletin so we will not duplicate that fine job of reporting. However, we must take this occasion to extend our thanks to Herb Redman and son Dana who made this weekend possible for the Class by taking on the chairmanship of the event. It came only one week before the Redmans took off for Hawaii, so you know what a tax it was on their time. The appreciations of the Class go to you, Herb.
As an opening statement for our 1955 Alumni Fund campaign, Class Agent OkeyO'Connor had this to say, "Vectigalia neruosesse reipublicae," to which the Assistant DonHopkins added, "Adde parvum parvo magnusacervus erit." Spoken as it was to one who flunked Latin after one term in the Scarsdale High School, it was necessary to consult Royal Nemiah who explained that Okey meant to say that revenues are the sinews of the state (Dartmouth) and Don followed up with, "Add little to little and there will be a great heap."
A good keynote, indeed, for the coming spring!
The Rev. Richard P. McClintock '26 and hiswife enjoy a Hanover reunion with their sonRichard Jr. '56. Mr. McClintock is Rector ofGrace Church, Medford, Mass.
Secretary, 500 Terminal Tower, Cleveland 13, O.
Class Agent, 81 Fairview Ave., West Orange, N. J.
