1928
Freshman Fathers' Weekend in Hanover on March 4-6 was a great success; in fact it is firmly entrenched as a Dartmouth tradition. Ten '28ers attended, with Creighton Hart of Kansas City, Mo., and Bud Ranney of Cleveland, coming the greatest distance.
As an innovation this year, Jim Campion arranged for each father and son to be photographed in front of a Dartmouth banner and presented 5 x 7 print to each son as a memento - without charge.
In order to meet our MAGAZINE deadline, John Phillips dashed off some notes in Hanover on Sunday which give you an insight into the reason the fathers are so enthusiastic about the weekend:
"We came up on the sleeper Thursday night from New York - the White River car is the same old one. There were a lot of fathers on the train and some had a tough time getting into an 'upper.'
"Johnny had a couple of exams Friday morning so I called on Eddie Chamberlain and the President to check on the affairs of state. Dropped in on Nick Sandoe for a session on the Fund.
"Dropped in to see Jim Campion and to have our pictures taken. Young Jim was there but his father and mother are on a 57-day Mediterranean cruise and won't be back until April. Jim has been sick and everyone hopes this will fix him up.
"We saw several freshman athletic events in the afternoon and after dinner there was a smoker in College Hall for all the freshmen and their fathers. Prof. Al Foley kept us all laughing with his Vermont humor. The new football coaches were introduced and we saw the Eisenhower-at-Dartmouth movie.
"Saturday morning we made our 8 o'clock hour exam on time, a lab class "and Charlie Stone's Psychology class. The fathers seemed to enjoy themselves since they were not called on for any information.
"Judge Jack Goodnow did a swell job for the fathers at the banquet last night and of course Stearns Morse and John Dickey really made us glad we had all come back. This has been a wonderful weekend.
"We were so busy I didn't get to see everyone, but among the 320 fathers were the following from our class: Jeff Glendinning, Ken Graf, CraigHaines, Creighton Hart, Hank Milton, Jack Good-now, Doug Pease, Bud Ranney and Fran Tower."
Talk about timely news —we're right on the ball this month, thanks again to President Johnny Phillips' prompt reporting. At the Northern New Jersey Dartmouth dinner on March 2 the following gathered around the '28 table: John Cronin, Tom Ellis, Red Jenkins, Pete Bennett and John Phillips. Red Rolfe talked about the outlook for athletic teams at Hanover.
Johnny Cronin said that while skiing at Lake Placid recently he ran into Frank Tindie and Sam Magavern who were there skiing with their families. Tom Ellis' son Tommy, age 11, was a star third baseman on the Little League last year and is already working out for this year's team. Speaking of sons, CreightHart not only has a son .in the freshman class at Dartmouth, but also another son in the junior class, who swims on the varsity team.
Bill Harris was a featured speaker at the Travel Theater at Halle Bros. Co. in Cleveland January 15 and showed his picture, "Lands of the Near East."
Jimmy Fowler, professor of history at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, spoke at the Hermitage Forum in Norfolk, Va., on January 7. His talk on "Survival in the East" was the fifth in a series on Western Culture. He discussed the civilization of the Byzantine Empire.
Dick Sullivan and Miss Rachel Mary Santoliquido, daughter of Mrs. Ralph Santoliquido, 78 Harlow St., Arlington, Mass., were married in St. Agnes Church, Arlington, on February 19. The bride is a graduate of Simmons College School of Library Science, has been employed at the Robbins Library in Arlington, the Newton Free Library, and for the last three years has been Chief of Book Service for the Division of Library Extension, Massachusetts Department of Education, Boston. Dick is librarian of the Lawrence Public Library.
Had Cantril got his picture in the Trenton paper when he spoke at a recent meeting of the New Hope-Solebury PTA. His topic was "Some Principles of Psychology; A Demonstration." His book, The Invasion from Mars, continues to sell more copies each year than were sold in the year following the famous Orson Wells broadcast in 1938.
Jack Kenerson's daughter, Mary Lou, married an R.A.F. pilot, Brian G. Wanless, on March 5 in the Unitarian Church in Wellesley Hills, Mass. He is stationed at Norfolk, England, where he and Mary Lou will live temporarily.
At the Alumni Dinner in Boston on February 16, there were eleven '28ers: HowieBush, Red Edgar, Eddie Flanders, CraigHaines, Maurey Makepeace, Gene Magenis,Mort Jennings, Don Norris, Jack Phelan, EdSawyer and Fran Young.
The recent hassle about Maginnis taking over the B. & M. has pushed vice president Red Edgar into the limelight, with numerous clippings from the Boston papers coming our way.... Don Norris had a close shave. While driving on a foggy night on a road under repair he nearly landed his car in a big excavation (not lighted by lanterns). Fortunately he wasn't hurt but his Cadillac sure was.
The biggest '28 dinner in New York in a long time was held at the Dartmouth Club on February 16, with 22 present, and the out-of-state visitors outnumbering the New Yorkers. Present were: Ed Lyman, Springfield, Mass., Topper Robinson, Whately, Mass., Cal Billings, Hartford, Herb Russell, Suffield, Conn., John Gulian, Greenville, N. H„ John Flanagan, Philadelphia, Bill Morton, Syracuse, Jack Herpel, Stu Hoagland and Curly Prosser, all of Bernardsville, N. J., Chuck Bruder, Ridgewood, N. J. Herm Schnepel, South Orange, N. J., John Phillips, Court Keller, George Klein, Ed Heyn, El Drake, Doc Simonds, Joe Smith, Phil Orsi, Red Jenkins and your secretary.
John Gulian corrected us on the Dartmouth In Portrait calendar on which we recognized so many '28 faces. Seems it was not taken at our 25th reunion but at the one before. Everyone looks the same but the hats were not those we wore at our 25th.
Jack McGrath planned to attend the New Yoik dinner February 16, but business called him back to Detroit a few hours before. On March 1 he was elected executive vice president and general manager of the D. J. Healy Shops in Detroit.
Court Keller was drafted at this same New York dinner to serve as regional chairman for the Alumni Fund, and his appointment rounds out Class Agent Herm Schnepel's team for this year's drive. Court is sales manager of Wertheim & Co., 120 Broadway, New York.
Columnist Drew Pearson predicts a top Federal security post for Myles Lane. Myles won't confirm or deny it.
Court Keller reports that they had a house warming in Bronxville for the Warren Burdings a few nights ago, with the Bill Heeps in the vanguard, which warmed their house and should have settled things with the neighbors for awhile. The Burdings are now in Florida.
John Phillips invited some of the Chicago '28ers to meet him at the Palmer House on February 8 when he had to attend a book manufacturers meeting. Jack Armstrong,Chuck Davis, Larry Kenny and Loren Stevens gathered in his room for cocktails and then had dinner together. Paul Cutler, Harryand Ted Stone were out of town and couldn't attend. On his way to the train in Grand Central Station in New York, John ran into Rupe Thompson and Ed Heyn. Rupe was arriving in time to get to a dinner (and back to Providence the same night); Ed was just a weary commuter on the way to Scarsdale.
Our sympathy to Elliott Donnelley on the death of his father, Thomas Elliott Donnelley, on February 6 at the age of 87.
Amby McLaughlin has been appointed a member of the Hanover Inn Board of Overseers. He is general manager of the J. B. Eames Enterprises in Littleton, N. H., operators of both the hotel and theatre in that town.
The next Class Dinner will be in New York, April 20. Wives are invited.
BANK OFFICER: Philip J. Orsi '28 has beenmade Assistant Vice President of City BankFarmers Trust Co., New York City.
Secretary, Van Dyne Oil Co., Troy, Pa
Class Agent, 11 Glenside Road, South Orange, N. J.
