1908

Being as how the time is approaching for the Dartmouth Christmas, it may interest the brethren to know that '08 has up to June 30, 55' given to the College the sum of $192,476.10, a tidy sum to be sure. This year, however, the College permits us to raise the amount to $200,000. There will probably be further news regarding the matter. While on the subject, it may be timely to remind ourselves that there was never a better time to consider the Endowment Fund on which Chick Currier has been working so gallantly, regarding which, please pardon a story. The cow and the pig were having an argument as to which one was the most useful. The pig allowed that he furnished pork, hams and pig's feet as well as bristles, while the only edible product of the cow was milk. To this the cow agreed but added that she was the only one who had the fun of giving while she was alive. Oh, well. No offense intended.

And speaking of Chick Currier, he has sold his business and moved to La Jolla, where he and Jessie have bought a new home. Chick is now dealing in bonds and investments on his own. In his words, "I'm on the retired side of life and therefore work when I want to." That's a program that's hard to beat.

The annual Dartmouth Boston dinner was held February 8. It came, saw, and was et, along with the customary verbal dessert delivered by President Dickey, Bob Rex, Dean McDonald and others. Two more years and our table will be right under the speakers' noses, a concession to 50 years and hard hearing. Those of us who ate the hard rolls, etc., were Cowee, Gleason, Hale, Hobart, Knox, Lewis, McCarty, O'Shea, Stone and Squier. There were Wah Hoo Wahs for Dartmouth.

Park Stickney writes of the Chicago dinner, in which he was the sole representative of our Class, but there were a lot of others. Park says he has hopes of being in Hanover in June. Don't let 'em stop you, Park. You will receive the Chicago cup and give a lot of pleasure.

The Class will be glad to hear from PeteCams. In a long letter to Howard Cowee, Pete says in part:

"In the summer of '46 we came out to visit our son Bill who at the time was located in Longview, Wash. We liked the country so much that we decided to come out here when I retired from school teaching. In 1950 our daughter and her family came and located only four miles from us. In June of '54 our older son John came out and is practicing dentistry in Salem, fifty miles from here. Where we are living we had plenty of rain but not the damage that you read about in the papers and magazines. The North West, we think, is about as nice as any part of the country in which to live." Pete came back East last fall with his wife but was unable to connect with a football game. He hopes and expects to be back for our 50th. We hope so, too.

A brief note from Tom Morrissey, who you remember filling the basket with basketballs in our day, states that he is on the semi-retired list and is a member of our prostate club — no dues required. It was good to hear from Tom after all these years. Tom lives in Springfield, Mass.

Art Sides was shot twice. The BridgeportHerald of February 6 tells how Cupid shot Art again, with the result of his coming marriage to Mrs. Gertrude Ross in April. The article goes on with this tribute, "When Dr. Sides retired from Central about five years ago, he was given a loving tribute such as few principals have ever received." Congratulations, Art. Incidentally, those of us who saw the pictures of your trip around the world will never forget them.

George Fine writes to Larry, "I am at my winter home in Florida tor three months, but please don't change my home address. The DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE means a lot to me and I want to renew my subscription."

Crosby Hoar, now retired from the U. S. Forestry Service and living in West Acton, Mass., has written one of the most interesting stories of the life of a forester that could be imagined. It should be, and I hope will be, published in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE some day. Here there is space only for the start. The greater interest is in the story. Crosby says:

"After graduation I enrolled in the Yale Forestry School for a two-year course leading to the degree of Master of Forestry. Several other Dartmouth men went there at the same time. From our class went Edgar White, Ray Marsh, Dana and George Bright. Robie Evans '06 and Alvin Whitney '07 entered with us. Other Dartmouth men who took the course were IVan en Hale, Arthur Hopkins and Harold Clark, at least, who studied forestry at other institutions. We made a sizable contingent in the Yale Forestry class of 1910."

Then follow some of the most interesting experiences of the life of a forester that you can imagine, some of which have already been mentioned as coming from Dana Parkinson,Warren Hale and Art Hopkins.

The '08 moving van has been working again. Note the following new addresses as received from the College: Laurence Adler, 3902 Manhattan College, Pawling, N. Y.; L. C. Amidon, 292 W. Main St., Waterbury, Conn.; D. R. Blanpied, 2452 Portland St., Sarasota, Fla.; C. Arthur Fifer, 5600 N. Orange Blossom, Orlando, Fla.

Get ready. Pretty soon it will be, "On your mark, get set, GO!" for Dartmouth.

Secretary,

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