1925
The Boston dinner on April 29 was well attended, in spite of rather short notice and some of the most depressing weather that even New England has seen in some years. The enthusiasm of those who came and the many expressions of regret from those who could not were sufficient evidence that this was an occasion worth repeating in future years, to which end Bunny Levison was unanimously chosen to act as chairman for 1956. Those who gathered to drink (moderately), eat (prodigiously), and talk (intelligently, of course) were: Lydia and Ken Nugent, Drue and Johnnie Garrod, Patsy and Dutch Clark, Marian and Bunny Levison, Elly and Frank Wallis, Anne and George Chamberlain, Betty and Fair Sawyer, Ruth and Ralph Tucker, Frances and Ford Allen, Dorothy and Nate Bugbee, Molly and Bob MacCready, Kay and Bill Thompson, Esther and Lang Spring, and Emily and your secretary. There were no speeches as such, but a number of those present rose to make a few remarks. Of particular interest was a spontaneous request for a report on Alumni Fund program; your secretary had fortunately got the latest scores from Hanover that day and gave them factually and without exhortation. They were received, he noted, not as by people waiting for a dental extraction, but men and women honestly interested in a problem that they have made their own - very encouraging to those whose responsibility it is to maintain that interest.
The return post-cards sent out for the dinner carried the question, "Any news?" Here are some answers:
From Lionel Mosber, "Still at KUA teaching English. With Hanover only thirteen miles away, I see plenty of the Big Green. Don't like implications in new sports set-up. Still think Tuss was what we needed...." From Parker Merrow, "Not a new...." From Larry Leavitt, Spring vacation just over - spent in Naples, Fla. Both Dot and I caught a tarpon after several years of trying." . . . From Charlie Jameson, "We are planning a trip to Bermuda from the 18th to 30th of April." From Line Davis, "I am enjoying country living after fifty years on a main street, even though my house is about 95% finished and 50% furnished. It seems impossible to get people to do things right, or even at all, so I am practicing patience and 'do it yourself.' Numerous rumors to the contrary, I am not embarking on a matrimonial venture, even though the house is readily, and misleadingly, convertible from a 'bachelor's hall.' "
From Clint Taylor, "Same job, same home, same wife, same children and same car." ... From BobRboades, "Polly and I will be on the boat returning from Nassau on that day." . ... From Bob Sawyer, "My wife Phyllis and I leave the morning of the 29th for ten days of Atlantic salmon fishing in New Brunswick - a semi-annual trip with us." ... And Rod Tanzer's secretary writes from Hanover that he and Vel are traipsing around Europe until Tune 13 — no doubt with plastic surgical meetings as a plausible excuse. Jerry Greenebaum writes that he and Irma, strangely enough, did not run into any '25ers during a recent jaunt to Nassau. Their daughter Ellen is a freshman at Wheaton. Terry is, as he puts it, "still trying to peddle some lithography (Consolidated Lithographing Corporation) around the eastern seaboard.
Les King took his better-half to Hanover for the celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary in company with their son Bob 57. rather below the usual batting average for the season, but probably due to going to press a little earlier than usual. Bob Can-field's daugnter Sarah, a senior at Radcliffe, has become engaged to Neil Blackhall Smith of Lexington, Mass., a member of the senior class at Harvard. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bingham have announced the engagement of their daughter Anitra, also a Radcliffe senior, to Robert John Koleskon of Niagara Falls, N. Y., a senior at M.I.T. Things are stirring in Cambridge. .
Bud Petrequin has been elected vice president of the National Paper Trade Association; he is president of the Petrequin Paper Company of Cleveland.... Woody Wilson, manager of the General Electric Appliances Company, was recently honored by the award of a bronze plaque for his distinguished work for that organization.... Jack Reeder, vice president and account supervisor of Benton and Bowles, Inc., has been elected to the board of directors Charlie Moore has been elected vice president, public relations, of the Ford Motor Co. Since joining Ford in April 1952, he has served as director of public relations and a member of the administration committee. ... Nate Bugbee has once again been chosen president of the Newton (Mass.) Community Chest.... Alex Laing's new novel, JonathanEagle, is now scheduled for publication in August.... Karl Friedman has been named vice president of Girard College in Philadelphia where, since 1953, he has been director of secondary education and head of the mathematics department.
Recent visitors at the Hanover Inn were: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brace, Mr. and Mrs. Ed.Burns and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Haffenreffer and Ann, Parker Merrow, FredSmith, and Ed Yates.
Here is the current list of new addresses: William W. Jenkins, Lawyer - G. E. Co., 570 Lexington Ave., N.Y.C., Pine Ridge Rd., Greenwich, Conn.; Robert E. Pike, 365 Pine St., Eatontown, N. J.; Winthrop H. Rice, 16 Drumlins Terrace, Syracuse 10, N. Y.; NeilWilliams, Asst. to Bursar-Secretary San Miguel School, 1433 E. 24th St., National City, Calif., Maryland Hotel, 6th Ave. & F St., San Diego 1, Calif.; William V. Abbott 11, Salesman, 1405 N. 3rd St., and 261 Herr St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Robert P. Bingham, 1637 Union St., Manchester, N. H.; George D. Green, 421 Midland Savings Bldg., Denver 2, Colo.; Lawrence C.Marshall, the Chase Manhattan Bank, 4th Floor, 18 Pine St., New York 15, N. Y.; Frederick A. Reed, 3875 Waldo Ave., New York 63, N. Y.
This is written in pleasant anticipation of a trip to Hanover on the morrow, for the Alumni Officers weekend. Because of the vagaries of deadlines and publication dates, it is likely that an account of that meeting will already have reached you through the Roundup. For those whose classes are not having reunions, this is a welcome opportunity to see the campus in the spring. It may be a sign of getting old that one finds this so pleasant a season in which to return. It was not always thus; time was when the crisp and colorful vigor of autumn and the white loveliness of winter were close to heart's desire and so they are still. But the autumn visit is likely to be on the occasion of a football game, when the town is transformed by crowds and souvenir salesmen. And the white loveliness, as often as not, turns to slush on Main Street. Spring, somehow, seems proof against such flaws. The excitement of the opening of College is absent, but there hangs over the campus that faint aura of nostalgia which is gestating in the hearts of the seniors and, once established, seems never quite to fade. From somewhere near the bottom of the budgetary barrel, the Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings has dredged up the wherewithal for a little sprucing up, and pervading all is the sense of the academic year moving swiftly to its appointed climax.
By next fall, of course, it will be possible to grow equally enthusiastic about the foliage on Balch Hill and the quickening sense of a new year beginning. Maybe that is a chief part of the charm of going back—that in any season of the year there is beauty to move us, activity to stimulate us. Maybe that is why it is good for us to go back, to lift our eyes to the everlasting hills and have our hearts uplifted by the strength and courage of youth.
Postscript: (Added in Hanover just in time for publication) - Your representatives at the Alumni Officers meetings were: Jack Davis, chairman of the executive committee; EddieRoessler, treasurer; Ford Whelden, class agent; Bob McKennan, chairman of the resolutions committee; and your secretary. Before separating to attend sessions covering their various special duties, they continued the discussion, begun at last November's meeting of the executive committee, of the part to be played by 1925 in advancing the cause of increased faculty salaries. Since the Scholarship Fund, a major class project for the past several years, has now just about achieved its goal, it was agreed that we now undertake a 1925 Faculty Fund. This would be raised, as was the Scholarship Fund, without general solicitation, from among those who wish to make special gifts in addition to their regular Alumni Fund contributions, and the money used by the College to augment funds available for faculty remuneration. Having been approved by the officers, the plan will now be submitted to the entire membership of the executive committee. This is another 1925 first, and an important one. Your comments and suggestions, while it is being worked out, will be welcome and helpful.
CHARLES F. MOORE JR. '25 has beennamed Vice President for Public Relations ofthe Ford Motor Company. With Ford since1952, he recently had leave of absence to serveas special consultant to President Eisenhower.
IN HANOVER to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary, Les King '25 and Mrs. Kingenjoy a visit with their son Bob '57 at theHanover Inn.
Secretary, 58 Winfield St., Needham, Mass.
Class Agent, 306 Crosby Hall, Hanover, N. H.
