1916
Those of the Class who attended the Convocation on Great Issues in the Anglo-Canadian-American Community must have found it a most rewarding experience. And they must have busted a vest button when three of the Class (more, incidentally, than any other class) received alumni awards, which were based on "success in professional life, service to the nation, state and community, and service to Dartmouth." Our star performers were Fletch Andrews, Ros Magill and Stew Paul. If they are not already worn out with receiving congratulations, here is a further salute to these gentlemen who do the Class such great honor.
On that occasion the following citationswere read:
"Fletcher R. Andrews '16, with keen wit and rare understanding you have taught law at Western Reserve University since 1927 and you have been Dean of its Law School since 1948. You have studied, taught, written and edited the law. In Cleveland you are regarded with both respect and affection for your work in activities as varied as leading the Community Chest and serving on the Citizens Narcotics Advisory Committee. You have been on the Executive Committees of the Legal Aid Society and the Cleveland Bar Association, President of the League of Ohio Law Schools, you were on the Council of the American Law Institute and have served on many committees within professional organizations to improve legal education and interpret the law. You served your country in two wars and for your outstanding work in World War II, you received the Legion of Merit. With judicial impartiality you have served Dartmouth while sitting in the halls of Western Reserve. You have been President of the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland, a member of the Alumni Council and the Secretary of your class. And now, with no effort to be impartial, we have chosen you for this Alumni Award."
"Roswell F. Magill '16, on the matter of taxes you have been on both sides of the counter, in back of the rostrum, in the magazines and on the front pages of this nation's newspapers. You have talked taxes, we have -listened - and learned. You were educated in the law at the University of Chicago. Your teaching career started there and continued at Columbia. Your study of taxes and the policies of taxation commenced at a time when they seemed unimportant-taxes were not high and most young lawyers looked elsewhere for activity. But you were backing a winner and as taxes increased, your contributions as a teacher and a textbook author mounted in importance. In 1933 you were called to Washington to be Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury and in 1937 you were named the Under Secretary. As past President of the Alumni Council, you are now practicing law in New York City. Your vast store of knowledge (a non-taxable item, we understand) is drawn upon constantly by clients who count themselves lucky to retain one so able to unmesh tangled taxes. And we also count ourselves lucky — to count you among our number and to have the privilege of presenting this Alumni Award."
"Willard Stewart Paul '16, you, sir, are a fighting man. From your days as a private with Battery A of the 1st Field Artillery to the time when you wore the three stars of the Lieutenant General, you led and inspired others to lead. As the commander of the famed 26th (Yankee) Division you plunged forward in the decisive months of October, November and December of 1944 gaining important objectives in the battle for Europe. As a General who wanted to see first hand what his men were facing, you knew the crash of the German 88 at close range and the rip of the burp gun. The citations for your many decorations speak of your calm, capable leadership; great resourcefulness; devotion to duty and disregard for personal safety. Your retirement from the Army in 1948 started a distinguished civilian career in Washington. In May of 1956 you started on yet another career when you were named President of Gettysburg College. Throughout your life as a soldier, public servant, and educator you have been a leader of your Dartmouth class and are now its President. You have always been deeply concerned with the activities of your church and have been President of International Christian Leadership and a member and Director of the Foundation for Religious Action and the Washington Bible Society. Although you have earned a chestful of medals, there is one, Sir, you are lacking and so we present this Alumni Award."
Another accolade to Stew, who was appointed to a committee of five by President Eisenhower to study ways of improving the selection, promotion and use of top career personnel in the Government.
Eric Kelly '06, who now lives near Tucson, Ariz., in writing me a while back quoted a song which was adopted at Dartmouth years ago, but which, I know, is unfamiliar to our generation. It "goes:
"Ring the bell, Blow the whistle! Sail away, up Salt River: Pull your anchor from the mud and sail away. Fir we beat the Williams team in a way that's
seldom seen, And we're good enough for Amherst, any day."
Which recalled to my mind the gang, led by Ed Riley, among others, who beat their way by fast freight to Williamstown, via Greenfield, in our junior year to see Dartmouth "beat the Williams team." Ed acted as expediter in the freight yard at the June and we sneaked aboard some boxcars late Friday night. Most of the boys wore sweat shirts or sweaters, nothing heavier, it being early in October. I had an Australian wool sweater, thin enough to roll into my pocket, but the night air turned out to be mighty cool and the floor of the boxcar mighty hard. It was covered with lime or flour, or some such and by the time we reached Williamstown we were well bleached,- white as the driven snow. That grand old friend of all Dartmouth men, Henry Teague 'OO, owner of the Greylock Hotel, bade us welcome, gave us some rooms in which to clean up and then furnished us with a fine luncheon. A victory over Williams was much more important in those days than it would be at present, and we had some anxious moments in the first half, when Williams led 3-0. But the Green finally got rolling and the game ended 21-3.
On the homeward trip we were nearly asphyxiated going through the Hoosac Tunnel on a coal car piled with coal. Those were the days of coal-burning locomotives and the smoke and fumes were really something. It was the nearest thing to Dante's Inferno that I ever hope to see and I thought we would never make it out of the five-mile long tunnel. But we did, and the ride down the valley to Greenfield, with a harvest moon shining down, was very pleasant. Dave Shumway and I sat back comfortably in the coal, like a couple of hoboes, and munched sandwiches which Henry Teague had thoughtfully provided for the gang. When we reached Hanover Sunday morning we were as black and grimy as we had been white and dusty the day before. Jack English remembers well the return of the prodigals as they piled in from the June, but he is damned if he can now visualize any of the dirty faces except Ray King '15. My failing memory is not too good and it would be interesting to hear from some of the others who made the trip.
WEDDING BELLS: Julia Elizabeth, daughter of Dave and Marion Shumway was married on September 7 to John Carroll Frishett of Glen Ridge, N. J. The wedding took place in the First Presbyterian Church at East Aurora, N. Y., and a reception followed in the Shumway garden. Ernie Frey was among the guests. Judy graduated from Oberlin College and obtained a M.A. degree in library work at Simmons. The happy young folks will live in Boston where Judy will work in the Brookline Library system while John continues his studies at M.I.T.
Also on the same day Patricia Joy, daughter of Cliff and Sally Gammons, was wed to Jerome Clyde Dodgen in the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, Del. A reception followed at the Wilmington Country Club. Pat attended Friends School, Wilmington and Lasell Junior College, while Jerry graduated from Pennsville (N. J.) High School and Rutgers University. They will live in Bloomfield, N. J., where Jerry is connected with the chemical sales department of the Union Carbide and Carbon Corp. The best wishes of the Class are extended to these happy young couples.
It was quite an occasion in Plymouth for the Upham family around the middle of June, and Tog and Marjorie were right in the midst of it. The shipyard in which the replica of the Mayflower was built has been in the Upham family in England for 160 years. One of Tog's forebears made the original voyage to the stern and rockbound coast. You can well imagine that the foregoing circumstances entitled Tog and Marjorie to seats on the 50-yard line. He was the official representative of the family in greeting the Mayflower builder and presenting him with honorary membership in the Upham Society, representing the American branch of the family. Tog and Marjorie were among the privileged few allowed aboard the Mayflower II in Plymouth harbor. The TV cameramen were preparing for the Steve Allen show and Tog himself took many pictures. He was impressed with the narrow beam of the ship and found it difficult to imagine how 140 Pilgrims made the trip in 1620 since the 33 aboard the Mayflower II felt they were cramped on the 1957 voyage.
In June Ed Kirkland was honored by Princeton with the degree of Doctor of Letters. His citation read:
"A son of New England, born in Vermont and educated in New Hampshire, he came ultimately to active rest just short of the Atlantic in the State of Maine. Professor of History in Bowdoin College, a teacher and scholar of international repute, he has used his endowments of cheerful energy and lively intelligence to prove that economic history need not be merely a matter of statistics but a vivid exercise in the logistics of the human race. A committee worker of notable skill, unerring analyst of people and situations, enthusiastic participant in the national affairs of his profession, he has served as president of the American Association of University Professors, the Economic History Association and the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. Eloquent writer, forceful speaker, profound student of - the human effects of economic organization, he is a citizen of first eminence in the society of scholars."
Ed, you must have been a "most happy fella" to be so honored, and the Class is proud, and most happy for you.
The Class did right well by itself in the Alumni Fund Campaign, reaching 117% of our objective with a total gift of $16,320.61 from 254 contributors. The College exceeded its goal of $865,000 by 7%, with a total gift of $928,592.51, this from 20,714 contributors. It established a new national alumni participation record of 71.3%, squeaking by the Princeton figure of 71.1%, a record set by them in February. Now if we can only do as well with them in football come November 23! In any event the thanks of the Class are due Alec Jardine and his loyal assistants for a job well done.
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