1920

They say the first hundred years are the hardest and I certainly hope that does not prove to be true in the case of writing this column, but I can assure you that the first two months are certainly among the hardest.

Dorothy and I were on a brief vacation at the time of the Brown game so we rolled up to Hanover where I attended some committee meetings as well as the Brown game. It was a glorious change for both of us with lots of very pleasant and nostalgic memories of the long ago. The Class of '19 had an informal reunion, as did the Class of '21. We visited back and forth and exchanged lots of good-natured badinage. To the members of the Class in more distant parts I want to make a serious suggestion that you consider setting aside at least part of your vacation in the fall of the year. Hanover was never as lovely as it was on the Brown game week- end! The foliage had turned and was taking on the muted shades which Paul Sample says are the most colorful of all. As we drove through the Berkshires on our way north the color was utterly fantastic. I am sure it has never been quite as beautiful as this year. The weather for the weekend could not have been finer ... mild, bright Indian Summer days and cool, crisp nights. Visiting with so many old friends made the weekend truly unforgettable. Try it next fall!

The Brown game was very satisfactory from any point of view and, as you probably have read elsewhere, Dartmouth has a real football team this year. Hal Bidwell and two of his lovely daughters sat beside us at the game. We had fleeting visits with Bun and Dorothy Harvey, Sherry and Elizabeth Baketel, the latter having all the' appearance of having just stepped out of the front cover of Vogue, Jim and Grace Parkes, as well as Buttons Hill and his wife. We missed Mel and Helen Merritt by the merest chance. Undoubtedly there were others of the faithful up there whom we did not happen to see.

While in Hanover we had a nice visit with Al Frey who is deep in an important research project for the Association of National Advertisers.

One of our more interesting experiences was a visit, together with Harry and Helen Chamberlaine '21, to the studio of Paul Sample, Artist-in-Residence, in Baker Library. We talked about art, old times and old friends. Incidentally, when you do get up to Hanover be sure to look up Paul's splendid mural in the cocktail lounge at the Inn.

Stan Newcomer is a bit worried that he won't be able to move into his new house before the snow flies. From his description it is going to be quite a place, looking out across Lake Erie near Monroe, Mich.

That reminds me that in her very pleasant letter of a couple of weeks ago Dorothy Hamm mentioned that they were installing air conditioning in their house at Vero Beach. Freddie had his 60th birthday a few weeks back and Dorothy threw a surprise party commemorating the event. Rumor has it that the walls are still vibrating from that wing-ding. Freddie is getting along in good shape and I know would be delighted to see any of his classmates who get down that way. He'll even put on shoes!

It is reported on good authority that Zack Jordan is now located in Colorado Springs, Colo., in the newspaper business. How about dropping us a note, Zack, with your street address?

The Passing Parade Department reports the Lee Hodgkins on a visit to Hanover late in September, while the Dick Southwicks were on hand in mid-October. How about fitting those visits into a football weekend so that we can have a get-together?

A note from Herb West '22 indicates that the Dick Pearson Memorial Book Fund is gradually building up and this will serve as a reminder to those of you who have not yet sent in your contribution.

Phil and Hilda Gross have just returned from Germany where they visited Phil 3rd '50 who is stationed presently in Karlsruhe. Phil and Hilda made the trip to inspect a brand new redheaded granddaughter. At last reports all were doing well including Hilda and Phil.

A note from Rabbit Yuill at the University of Mississippi brings up the matter of the 40th Reunion. At any rate, he says he'll see us then - maybe.

Snake Corbin, who lives practically in the same apartment that we occupied 30 years ago in Evanston, Ill., promises to do Vermont next summer and to visit Hanover.

A brief note from Helen Pullen reports that Freshman David is now well started and much attached to Dartmouth and Hanover.

John P. Buschmann, son of our own Busch Buschmann, is now attending West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, W. Va. Busch writes that he never realized how far away West Virginia is from New England.

It's good to hear from my old friend Art Earle who makes the sage observation that it's always pleasant to see the campus and to note so few outward changes in spite of the many alterations and additions that must necessarily take place constantly.

Jim Powell recently made his first visit to Hanover since undergraduate days and saw his first Dartmouth football game since 1931

Dorothy and I have just returned from Boston where we had a royal time and saw the Harvard game. We picnicked with Mel and Helen Merritt and George and Madeline Harris '21. The picnic was quite a thing in itself for, since the day was cold, raw and damp, the emphasis was on potables rather than edibles. The game was heart-warming and provided some really heads-up football by the Big Green Team. The stands were practically filled with enthusiastic supporters of either team and we chanced upon the Harveys, the Bowens, the Lappins, the Goodnows, and the Macombers. After the game we joined the Class of '21 at their party in Cambridge for a very pleasant evening.

As this column goes to press Eddie andVirginia Bowen are joining us for the Yale Game weekend and, assuming pleasant weather, we have high expectations of seeing various and sundry of our classmates at the game. The sportswriters here predict a full house. Shortly thereafter I'll be pushing off for Chicago where I hope my friends LaddieMyers and Nate Whiteside will have some grist for this mill.

Incidentally, this seems like a good time to tell you that the Classes of '20 and '21 are planning a joint dinner in New York sometime late next winter. Plans have not yet been completed definitely, but in general some outstanding member of the Classof '21 will be the honored guest. If you haveany plans for a trip to New York you mightkeep this in mind. More about this later.

1920 Fund Contributors

244 Gifts (Participation Index 98) Total Gifts: $15,633.51 (i05%of Objective) STANLEY J. NEWCOMER, Class Agent

Adams, Sherman Ainsworth, Thomas H. Allen, John G. 1 Amsden, John P. Amsden, Kendrick M. 1 Andretta, Salvador A. Antrim, H. Stanley Auger, Emile Aulis, Clifford E. Ayres, Benjamin W. Baketel, H. Sheridan, Jr. Baketel, H. Sheridan, Sr.1 Barnes, Aldrich B. Baron, Gerald S. Bellen, Dalton M. Bender, Daniel W. Beranek, John G. Bernkopf, Harold E. Bidwell, Clyde C. Bidwell, Harold F. Birch, Ledyard H. Bowen, Edmund J. Bowerman, Paul Bradley, Tudor W. Brewer, Joseph H. Brotherhood, John O. Bruce, Earl H. Buschmann, John F. Campbell, Ralph E. Carr, Wesley G. Cart, Theodore S. Carter, Joseph E. Carter, William A. Cate, Allan M. Center, Samuel R. Chamberlain, Warren M. Chandler, Horatio H. Cheney, Elliott W. Chilcott, James C. Clark, Harold E. Coleman, Harold T. Conway, Stanley Corbin, Franklin N., Jr. Cotner, Russell M. Crathern, Charles F. H. Curtis, Edward M. Dalrymple, Horace E. Darling, Lewis C. Davidoff, Reuben B. Davidson, Thomas B. Davis, Lendall E. Davis, LeRoy S. Dearborn, Henry W. Deßouville, Edward M. Dewey, Maurice A. Dowling, Leo J. Dudley, Thomas M. Earle, Arthur H. Elliott, Roscoe O.2 Emory, Kenneth P. Farnham, William H., Jr. Farnsworth, B. B. M. Farwell, Robert R. Felli, John C. Fenderson, Kendrick E. Fielding, Walker Finkbine, Roger S. Fiske, George A. Foley, Allen R. Forbush, Zenas B. Foster, F. Beardsley, Jr. Frey, Albert W. Frost, James W. Gault, Warren S. Gibson, J. Ralph Glines, Thomas J. Goddard, Richard H. Gooding, Arthur F. Goodnow, Charles H. Gordon, Maurice Graves, Stephen M. Greeley, Philip H. Greene, Thomas C. Gross, F. Philip, Jr. Hamm, Frederick B. Hardy, F. Kenneth Harvey, Murray C. Hasbrook, Edward F. Hauser, Eric Van A., Jr. Hayes, Henry H. Hayes, Richard L. Hill, Carroll E. Hill, John E. Hitchcock, Howard A. Hodgkins, O. Lee Holt, John W. Holway, Lowell H. Horton, Roger A. Hussey, Lawrence K. Hutchins, F. Irving Hutchinson, Charles R. Hutchinson, Paul L. Johnson, Clinton C. Johnson, Franklin D.3 Johnson, Stephen W. Jones, Russell K. Jones, Wesley R. Kahn, Jerome L. Kaichen, Howard A. Kay, Paul D. Keep, C. Russell Kimball, Richard S. Kitfield, Philip H. Koelb, Ralph H. Koski, Elmer J. Lappin, John J. Lawson, Archibald, Jr. Lee, Francis H. Lenz, Carl K. Lind, Muir W. Lindsey, Joseph B., Jr. Loeblein, Trueman T. Loehr, George R. Lombard, Marshall L. Lord, G. Frank McAllaster, John P. Mac Donald, Donald4 McDonald, Joseph L. McGlynn, Frank E. McGoughran, Charles F. Mack, Selwyn R.5 MacKay, Donald H. C. McKenzie, Charles W. McLeran, Donald O. Macomber, George H. Maling, Edwin A. Marden, Frederic T. Marshall, C. Herbert, Jr. Mayer, Frank D. Mayer, John S. Merritt, Melville P. Miller, Erwin C. Mills, Charles B. Mills, Herbert H. •. Millspaugh, Theron L. Miner, Robert J. Minnis, James L., Jr. Morey, Frank B. Morrill, Olney S. Morse, Gerald S. Moulton, Francis G. Moyer, Max F. Myers, Edwin E. Nash, J. Newton Newcomer, Stanley J. Newell, Herman W.6 Newton, Carl E. Noyes, Harry E.7 Osborn, Albert D. Page, Dudley W. Page, George E. Page, Henry N. Parkes, James S. Pearson, Dana E. Pearson, Richard M.8 Pfeiffer, Arthur E. Phillips, Hosea B. Pierce, Arthur E. plowman, E. Grosvenor pope, Roger W. Potter, Ben H. Potter, Waldo B. Powell, James C. Pulien, Howard J. Reber, James V. Richardson, Norman B. Richter, Hibbard Richter, Paul G Roberts, Ralph S. Robertson, James E. Rollins, Henry B. Rounseville, Cyrus C. Rubel, Roy L. Russell, J. Almus Sabourin, Ferdinand H. Sackett, George S. Sample, Paul S. Sampson, Harry W. Sargent, Charles H., Jr. Schinz, Walter S. Shea, William P. Sheaffer, Craig R. Shnayerson, Ned Sigler, Wendell P. Sinclair, William H. Smith, A. Kelvin Smith, Arthur F. Smith, George D. Smith, Lloyd E. Smith, Thomas F. Smith, Wade W. Snedecor, Spencer T. Sonnenberg, Gustave9 Southwick, Richard C. Southworth, Lyon Spalding, Kenneth W. Spero, Henry Stahl, Eric C. Steinbrecher, Albert H. Steinholtz, Robert E. Stern, Edwin M. Stickney, John W. Stockdale, Arthur W. Stone, Gerald S. Stratton, Samuel S. Sullivan, William B., Jr. Sunderland, John E. Sunergren, Ralph A. Swezey, Carroll M. Taylor, Edward H. Thomson, Arthur D. Thomson, Earl J. Tillson, Ernest F. Tobin, Gregory J. Tracy, William E. Travis, Dean H. Turner, Warren O. Ungar, Leo M. Vail, James D., Jr.10 Van Orden, T. Durland Vincent, George F. Wallace, Eben Watts, Richard P. Weil, Paul S. Weis, Erwin T. Weymouth, Burdette E. Whitaker, Howard W. Whiteside, N. H., Jr. Wiley, N. Chester Wilkie, John V. Willard, Leslie T. Winslow, Basil L. Winter, George F. Worth, I. Harry Youmans, Charles L. Yuill, Ralph W.

MEMORIAL GIFTS FROM:

1 Mrs. Baketel.

2 Mrs. Elliott.

3 Mrs. Johnson.

4 Mrs. MacDonald.

5 Mrs. Mack.

6 Mrs. Newell.

7 Widow, Mrs. M.Lawrence Shields.

8 Henry Bragdon.

9 Stanley Conway '20.

10 Widow, Mrs. Mary W.McGaw.

Secretary, 350 East 57th St. New York 22, N. Y.

Treasurer,.. Tuck School, Hanover, N. H

Bequest Chairman,