1932
A nice letter from Larry Collins informs us that he is still connected with the Sutton Publishing Co., publishers of industrial magazines. Larry is managing editor of MetalWorking and spends most of his time traveling around the country visiting factories "dragging articles out of unsuspecting tool engineers who would like to get rid of me." In the last seven years he has passed the 400-mark and currently writes about six articles per month. In referring to the card sent out seeking information, Larry suspects me of an ulterior motive in putting "Remarks" at the bottom of the card, with little or no space for comments. This forces the recipient to write a letter, if he has any remarks regarding himself or his family, and a lot more information is obtained. Though not planned, it has worked well as about fifteen letters have been received. Would that I could lay claim to such well-conceived plan, however.
Howie Sargeant was kind enough to send in an interesting AP article regarding the flight of the 17-year-old son of a Russian Air officer to West Berlin. In a dramatic meeting at American Headquarters, the son informed his tearful parents and the outraged deputy commandant of East Berlin that he had broken, once and for all time, with Soviet Communism. Chuck Owsley, political adviser for the U. S. High Commission, arranged the meeting and represented the West. He stated that the boy was free to return home if he desired, but that he was certain that the request for asylum was a mature one and would be honored. Most interesting story, Chuck. It would be nice to hear from you regarding your work and family. How about a letter?
Dr. Carlos H. Baker, chairman of the Department of English at Princeton University, has been named to the Woodrow Wilson Professorship of Literature, established in 1926 by Edward K. Bok "to commemorate President Wilson's mastery of spoken and written English." Congratulations on this honor, your latest triumph in your long list of accomplishments in education! Carl lives with wife and two teen-aged daughters at 109 Broadmead in Princeton. This is a new address in case you are in town looking to say "hello."
John Barry, former Branch Manager in Scranton, Pa., for I.B.M., has been promoted to technical specialist in the Market Analysis Department of the Product Planning & Market Analysis Division at World Headquarters in New York. John has been with I.B.M. since graduation and had been in Scranton since his return from Army service in 1946.
On several occasions, it has been requested that your secretary give some information on himself. Because I can gracefully lead into my next item, I will report that I am the New Jersey division manager of Charles F. Hubbs & Co., the coarse paper division of Hubbs Corporation. We are the largest paper distributors in the East and rank among the "big-five" in the country, operating twelve offices from Boston to Washington, D. C. I have been with the firm fifteen years, with three and one half years time out for service. At the recent National Paper Trade Association Convention at the Waldorf in N.Y.C., we had the pleasure of having Charlie Doerr address the open industry meeting. The president of N.P.T.A. introduced Charlie as follows:
"The gentleman who will speak to us next is vice president of what is certainly one of the largest, if not the largest, wholesale distributing firm in the world. More than that he is a student of the special problems of wholesale distribution in such matters as personnel and trade relations. His opinions are sought by many industries. With time out for service, he has spent his life in wholesale distributing. He is past president of the National Wholesale Druggists Association and a former trustee of the National Association of Wholesalers. It gives me great pleasure to introduce Mr. Charles Doerr, vice president and director of McKesson & Robbins Co. of New York."
Charlie then went on to draw interesting parallels between the wholesale drug business and the wholesale paper business. Illustrating his talk with slides, he discussed problems and solutions common to both industries. A most interesting and well prepared presentation enjoyed by all present, including Bob Newfang, vice president of the Canfield Paper Company, N.Y.C.
Congratulations go to Al Snite, whose daughter Betsy, has been churning up the ski trails in record times and was recently selected for the U. S. Olympic team.
Dick Manville, associate professor of zoology at Michigan State U., reports that that institution is celebrating its first centennial. It began officially on February 12, with the Founders Day Convocation at which Dartmouth was represented by Harold Fields '28. The American Council of Learned Societies was represented by Chuck Odegaard, Dean of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts and Professor of History at the U. of Michigan. Dick plans to return to the quiet of the Montana Mountains in June, where he spent over two months last summer as a ranger-naturalist at Glacier National Park. He suggests that guiding tourists up mountains, across glaciers and over forest trails is the finest thing for the waistlines of those of our vintage.
From Johnny Sheldon we have a report on a very successful class dinner at the University club in Chicago. In attendance beside John, were Bob Ackerberg, Marv Chandler, Ed D'Anocona, Barney Fitzsimmons, Tom Hope, Ev Mead Ted Miller, Jack Munn, Sam Moore, Howdy Pierpont, Bob Riddell, Dave Stern, and Tim Swartchild. To quote Johnny, "SamMoore and Jim Swartchild have an almost 'endless stock of good stories, and Jack Munn, who came to his first dinner since graduation, entirely out of curiosity, stayed to enjoy himself and entertain us all with some of the drollest wit it has been my pleasure to hear."
Now for a few class statistics: Of the 500 cards sent out, 273 have been returned or 55% thus far. There are 641 children in these 273 families. Breaking this down we find: 24 families have no children (including bachelors); 31, one child; 112, two children; 68, three children 26, four children; 12, five children.
This is an average of 2.35 children per family. Of the 641 children, 107 were born before 1940 or 16.7%.
Of the 273 men reporting, the following seven men have sons in three classes at Dartmouth: Bob McGuire's son in '58; Art Allen s, in '56; Bill Allyn's, in '58; Sterling Apthorp's in '58; Jay Whitehair's in '57; John Swenson's in '56; Boyd Parker's in '58.
Al McLaughlin seems to be the Class' only grandfather. Grandpa's daughter, born in 1934, had a youngster in 1953. Frank Power is a prospective grandfather, as he has a married daughter living in Mystic, Conn. If anyone else has a claim to fame and I have omitted him, it is because I do not have the information and can make no apologies. .
To those 227 men who have returned their cards giving vital statistics, I again make my plea - get on the ball! As a class, so far - 2.35 children per family is good! Seems to me it tops the Princeton '32 survey made in 1947 (after fifteen years) and that is as it should be - "her spell on us remains." A certain Maine potato grower could bring up this average!
Secretary, 27 Hamilton Dr., N. North Caldwell, N. J.
Class Agent, Westford, Mass.
