1929
At the recent annual banquet of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston, John Dickey gave us a short but inspiring talk on the past year in Hanover, the present outlook, and some provocative thoughts for the future. John was limited, unfortunately, in the scope of his talk by the time previously taken up by a good but extensive program of speeches and musical entertainment. It is also a pleasure to note that Squeek Redding was elected president of the Association for the coming year. Red Ardiff did a wonderful job arranging a '29 meeting place, with refreshments, for us all to get together both before and after the banquet. Other '29ers present were: Bill Andres, Chris Born, Thomas J. Capalbo, John A. Davis, A. J. D'Elia, Ollie Holmes, Morton Jaquith, John Laffey, Howard G. Nichols, Nick Panoras, Heinie Richardson, Ned Richardson, Phil Rising, Dick Sanders, Henry R. Sharpe, Henry J. Stein, Millard Tucker and Ken Wilson.
Jack Dearth reports after a recent trip to the West Coast that he obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado in Hispanic American history and is now living at 404 Brown Street, lowa City, lowa.
Arthur and Dorothy Buffington were in Hanover during Carnival this past February. During a brief stop your secretary made in Minneapolis in March, Buff recounted some of the pleasurable details of their visit and the additional pleasantness of having son Jack there in Thayer School and son Bob a member of the freshman class.
We also hear that Frank and Petie Foster and family, Ed and Pauline Fowler, and DukeBarto were there later in February. And we hear that Bob Friend, Mort Jaquith, Ed Covey and Ed Spetnagel were there in March.
Your secretary also wishes to report that during a rapid excursion into the Chicago area, from Midway Airport, he was afforded the distinct pleasure of seeing Dick Burke at his Wayne home, and meeting wife Mary and their daughters and hearing recalled an incident that happened in the fall of 1927 that could hardly happen today. It was on the way back to Hanover from the Harvard game and Wes Smith '28, cheerleader, was riding in the "rumble" seat with his big megaphone propped up in front of him. It was late at night, of course, and Wes had gone to sleep, but he woke up, suddenly, as we screeched around a curve to see what looked like the side of a barn right in front of the car and, from the noise that immediately followed, he knew that was the end and, from the peace and calm that immediately followed, he was sure of it. But a few seconds later, his "dream" was shattered when he discovered that we had just gone through a covered bridge! Apparently, Wes wasn't familiar with the loose-board floors in those old covered bridges and the terrific clatter they made as you drove over them.
We have just seen Evelyn Peyton Gordon's February 8th column in the WashingtonDaily News wherein she notes that MarvBraverman is a successful attorney in the Capitol and that he partially "angeled" New York's current hit, Pajama Game. We wonder if even Marv can get a ticket in less than two or three months.
Word has just been received that VanJamieson was recently appointed chairman of the 1955 Red Cross Fund drive in Tenafly, N. J., where Van lives. A great many of us know that Van has been associated with Consolidated Laundries in New York during the past 25 years, but his extra-curricular activities, including this appointment, are another example of the many country-wide examples of the "community responsibility" which Dartmouth has fostered in her sons. Van is also a member of the Educational Council of Tenafly, assistant superintendent of the Sunday School of the Church of Atonement in Tenafly, and chairman of the Cracker Barrel discussion group at the Stillman School there. In addition to his recent appointment, Van is a member of the executive committee of the Tenafly Branch of the American National Red Cross.
It is with great pleasure that we report the news that John Clements was elected vice president of Marsh & McLennan, Inc. in whose Chicago office Johnny is a specialist in casualty coverages. He has been associated with this office since leaving College.
Late news, but interesting news, nevertheless, is that Dr. Carl B. Spaeth, Dean of Stanford University Law School, gave the opening address to 600 people attending a two-day conference last November on the U.N. at Mills College. Carl was quoted as saying that the United States will destroy the United Nations "if we conceive it to be no more than an instrument for the expression of American power." Also, he said, "no single act nor series of decisions" in the U.N. nor through international law "is going to put an end to the problem of war and peace." Both agencies, he said further, "combine to provide a forum and a process of adjustment, through which men's problems can haltingly and imperfectly be considered, debated and sometimes resolved."
An informal and unexpected '29 reunion came about, not so long ago, at Governor Dummer Academy at South Byfield, Mass., when the following '29ers attended a Father's Night meeting at the Academy: Maurie Mandelbaum, Farley Morse, Hal Hirsch, HowieNichols, Dick Clarke, Maury Rolfe and RalphArdiff. Each man has one son at the Academy, it was discovered, except Red Ardiff, who has two sons there this year. Hal Hirsch still lives in Portland, Ore., in case some of you are wondering, and happened to be East on business at the time of the meeting.
Some 180 out of the 400 members of the North Shore Dartmouth Club turned out recently for a Hanover Holiday affair in Lynn, Mass., and we hear that Ned Richardson was elected vice president for the coming year and that Farley Morse, Millard Tucker and RedArdiff were also there.
In a round-about way, through Eddie Chinlund, we have heard that Dick Ex ton has been temporarily retired for a time due to ill health but is feeling a lot better now, is out looking for a new spot, is still proudly squiring Miss Lillian (Mrs. E. to the rest of us) and is "fathering" two adorable Cockers. Dick also reports seeing Al Starrett, looking better than ever (ED. - how does he do it?), at Dartmouth Club of Georgia doings and Dick asks us to pass on his regards to all the Class.
News from Shep Stone indicates that his Ford Foundation office has been moved to 477 Madison Ave., in New York and the following:
"Last year, after our reunion, I flew to Germany where the Free University of Berlin gave me an honorary degree with a citation that pays little respect for facts. So now I have my 1933 Ph.D. from the old University of Berlin - at present, unfortunately, under Communist control - and the honorary degree from the Free University. The latter is the only full university in that part of the world carrying on the true tradition of freedom of teaching and learning. More recently, I have become a trustee of Bennington College. The quick, intellectual atmosphere of Bennington is stimulating and many of the girls, I think, are outstanding."
We have received several new addresses, both business and residence, for members of the Class and have written most of them for confirmation and news but the replies have been sparse, to date. To those of you who have moved, it would be pleasant, and helpful, to hear from you. To those of you who may move, in the future, you can help us a great deal by simply sending the new address, or addresses, to the Alumni Records Office in Hanover. You can provide a highly appreciated personal assistance, however, to your Secretary through a letter or postcard, giving new addresses, information on new jobs or businesses or about classmates you see or hear about, and grandchildren - aren't they still coming along? and babies —is anyone still having babies?
Secretary, 26 Wampatuck Rd., Dedham, Mass.
Class Agent, R.D. 1, Oley, Pa.
