1910

Here we are in March and that means that our informal reunion of 1956 just three months away. The exact time, June 11-14- If your situation requires any special planning for this trip to Hanover, you'd better get busy!

Chan Baxter is a strong believer in having his copy of 1910 Who & Where at hand where it can do the most good. He writes:

"On a recent trip East I was to have a few hours" layover at Minneapolis airport, so took along your Who & Where. Am enclosing notes I made. Talked with Ken Phelps and Tom Steward on phone. Noah Foss lives nearby and came over to the airport and invited me out to lunch at an attractive place nearby. Had a nice visit and got up to date on each other's occupations and activities.

Chan tried to reach by phone, but without success, Whit Eastman, Ed Paul and MikeElliott. There is quite a group of Tenners in that locality. Would be great if they could gang up and all get back to Hanover next June.

A note from Treasurer Jess Wilson down in Florida tells us that the response to class dues bills has been good so far, but we are hoping that a few Tenners who have failed to respond will realize that we have lost an unusually large number of men during the past year and this is a time when we need some men to step into their places on the list of "Dues Paid '56." What do you say, men? A letter from Andy Scarlett states that Aland. Vera Meehan were on their way to Jamaica for a couple of weeks. Andy was in New York awhile back, saw Ray Seymour and phoned to Herb Wolff, who by now has taken his annual winter vacation trip, this year to Cuba. Here's a big hand for Herb and his bequest committee for the sensible and effective approach to that job, which is being followed by the group, consisting of Herb, Easty Eastman, Pineo Jackson,Ed Keith and Billy Williams. There is no reason for any of us to misunderstand the need, the methods and the avoidance of any pressuring of Tenners into this kind of giving. The important idea this group wants to get across is that' a bequest can be any size and a large number of small bequests- can make a real sizeable total.

Have recently had the opportunity to gauge the very high' esteem in which our FrankMeleney, M.D., D.Sc., is held at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, of Columbia University, and at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, where in 1925 he founded the Laboratory of Surgical Bacteriology. Here is a quote from a section in The P & S AlumniAssociation Bulletin, under the heading "Highlight," with a subhead "He made surgeons bacteriologically minded":

"For thirty years Frank Lamont Meleney '16 has been a familiar and beloved figure at the Medical Center. His students have always been impressed by his warmth and friendly interest, his colleagues have been fired by his enthusiasm and devotion to research on surgical infections Dr. Meleney brought added distinction to the Medical Center by his discovery, isolation, purification and preparation of the first antibiotic in a single institution. ... For his devoted former students, loyal colleagues and admiring fellow alumni, we say 'Good luck! We shall all miss you, Frank Meleney.' "

In The Stethescope of the Medical Center, there appears another fine tribute to Frank, under the heading, "Life begins at retirement for these Medical Center Physicians."

"As director of the Laboratory of Surgical Bacteriology, Dr. Meleney gave inspiring leadership to those who worked with him. And as a colleague said recently, 'His' great capacity for arousing enthusiasm, and his devoted interest in research on surgical infections contributed to the success of many younger surgeons and research workers. Further evidence of this interest in helping people was his long chairmanship of the Board of Advisors of the P & S Club The medical world knows Dr. Frank Lamont Meleney for his work on surgical infections and on antibiotics in general, and for his share in the discovery of bacitracin in particular. Here at the Medical Center we know him also as a person of great warmth and humanity, some measure of which is reflected in the warm tones of his paintings at the annual art exhibits.'

Frank has surely "come a long way" since those winter days and nights when we traveled around the New Hampshire and Vermont roads to sing at church suppers as a service for the Dartmouth Christian Association. Compensation for which was one chicken supper per man. Frank has found a house in Coral Gables, "with a guest room ready to entertain our friends from the North. We hope that there will be many of our 1910 classmates, who will let us know when they are coming down this way."

Don Bryant reports that he attended the Dartmouth luncheon before the Dartmouth-Northwestern U. game. Says he enjoyed it "but I guess I was the only Tenner there. MacKendall is in Florida and Paul Albert couldn't make it." Ralph Van Zant writes, "I am shocked at the deaths of so many of our classmates lately. They say 65-70 is the most dangerous time and so it behooves all of us to watch ourselves and either slow down or retire and take it easy. I see Fred Brooks and LesMcKay occasionally. They are the only members of our Class still here. Bob Woodcock lives in one of the suburbs (Aurora)." TomLeonard tells us that "this summer caught me a little out of condition but am in good shape again. I have plenty time to watch on TV and read about football and baseball. We can look for some real teams from now on. We have exceptionally good coaches." Guy Carpenter writes, "Your Greetings card came today and again you score a bull's-eye. My great regret is that the layout artist (maybe it was you) prevented us from getting a true picture of the marks you scored in that Report of Standing."

From Maurice Blake:

"What a wonderful array of memorabilia on your Christmas card! Especially interesting is your Dartmouth-Harvard football ticket of our senior year, November 13, 1909 - not to mention the top right heading, Dartmouth 22, Harvard 0. However, quite as enjoyable was the game at Hanover October 22, 1955, particularly the fourth period. Like Bert Kent I looked in vain for any other Tenners present, though I was sure Andy Scarlett and Larry Bankart, at least, must have been on hand. Glad to see by your column in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE that Herrick Kidder and Hal Washburn also attended."

On his Christmas card, Phil Brooks wrote:

"Your Class card is a corker and brings back many happy memories. Thanks. This is a fair picture of our new home in N.H. (sketch on his card labelled 'High Pines'). Moved here last July after selling our Framingham home. We both love it here even with the thermometer at -10° as it was this a.m."

From Ralph Noyes, some more icy news: "Glad to receive your card. Very clever. Sorry to miss the reunion but will see you folks at some of the informals. 22° below here tonight." Writes Guy Perry: "Your 'Greetings 1910' brought back many pleasant memories, particularly the D-H game, the Smokers and the Schumann-Heink concert in Webster Hall - the latter a big event in the life of a country boy before radio, television and hi-fi."

Among the many cards that reached us with Season's Greetings, all of which we appreciated very much, was one from the Rev. HaroldRobinson, which was a photo of Harold and Mary standing in front of their home in San Mateo, Calif. They appear to be well and fit for a trip anywhere, even to Hanover. A letter from that former Class Treasurer, winner of the Award as the outstanding Class Treasurer back in the Forties, Earle Pierce, recalls, "What a grand time we all had at reunion. Having to spend so much time taking naps caused me to miss much for which I'm terribly sorry, but I was so thankful I could do as much as I did. It was great." Chad Chadbourne says he will be "in Belfast, Me., till next spring - 31 Northport Ave. If you are this way do stop by- right on U.S. #1 as you approach from the south." A letter from Walter Golde says:

"I thoroughly appreciate the receipt of 'Greetings to 1910' which brings back memories of exciting as well as fearful moments of life on campus. (The fearful refers to the summons by 'Chuck' Emerson.) Who will ever forget the thrills of that 22-0 score in the Harvard Stadium, or the time when Spuddy Pishon threw the touchdown pass to Dutch Schildmiller at the Polo Grounds, and Fat Sherwin made a forty-yard drop kick to put Dartmouth ahead (of Princeton) ? I was one of the lucky ones to attend the Inauguration banquet for the new President Nichols, since I was on the Glee Club.... Lilian and I went down to Florida for two weeks. We visited in Jacksonville and in St. Petersburg, where my brother lives in retirement."

Ernest Studley visiting his daughter Mrs. Elwood Ford, in Lakewood, Ohio, came upon a news story referring to the Roscoe B. Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Me. That reminded him of our Pineo who is a trustee of the institution and so he passed the clipping to me. The importance of the story is the hope it inspires that the scientists may finally be on the trail of the cause of muscular dystrophy. Studying one of the mice for possible diseases of the nervous system, the young woman medical student at Harvard, assigned to work in the Jackson Laboratory, found symptoms which caused her to look into the muscular tissue. This was found diseased. The big result of it all is that the Muscular Dystrophy Association has allocated $50,000 for an exhaustive study. To get enough of this mouse's descendants to supply researchers it is necessary to breed the strain. We'll look to Pineo to tell us of the progress which is made in this vital study. And an appreciative bow to Stud for thinking of the 1910 Colyum when he spotted this story a fine example of the kind of alertness for 1910 which provides worthwhile news to pass along. Stud states that he will return to Rockland in time to get organized for some trout fishing in April. "With all good wishes to you, Russ," he says, "and to all the boys who haven't forgotten to gather on hearing 'Ten Up! Ten Up!' "

Secretary, 501 Cannon PL, Troy, N.Y.

Treasurer, 305 So. Saturn Ave., Clearwater, Fla.

Bequest Chairman,