1922

The class gains additional distinction; a Christmas wedding and an engagement; more about class children and grandchildren; the passing of a class friend; your invitation to our Hanover get-together on the Ides of March - here are the details.

Those chosen few - that's all of us in the Class of '22 - always regarded our class as one of distinction. From the beginning in September 1918, we represented the end of an era on the Hanover plain. We were a war class - that's World War I, sons and daughters. We were admitted to the College long before the selective process reached its present level. And, if memory serveth well - which it increasingly faileth to do — we had one fur coat in the class and during spring of senior year we had one partly owned automobile. In typical American mores, the class climb to distinction did not start from a high altitude. But we loved Dartmouth and we really got the urge to "dare a deed for the old mother."

Now look at what has happened to us. From our intimate class family journal, the Twoter, so well composed by Steve Kenyon, two facts emerge that deserve crescendos far beyond the confines of our own small clan.

First, under Jack Dodd's fine leadership, our class in its total contribution finished in eleventh place among the 72 classes participating in last year's Alumni Fund. We were in first place among the classes that increased their totals by the largest amounts. Ours is a class that appreciates Dartmouth and we will show that loyalty even more in this spring's Alumni Fund.

Secondly, Steve has also excavated the fact that there are about 25 Twoters listed in "Who's Who in America." Steve is getting more news on these distinguished classmates. Bet we'll recognize some of them as fellow waiters, dishwashers, or hash slingers from the exclusive eating emporia operated by those many good Hanover women such as Ma Smalley and Mrs. Rood, etc., to whom so many of us owe so much - bless them.

And month by month the class list of men of distinction continues:

Our civic minded Chick Busher - well known to Gothamites as George D. Busher, vice president of the real estate firm of Eugene J. Busher, Inc. and former president of the Bronx Board of Trade — has been appointed by the Greater New York Fund as chairman of its drive in the large and important Bronx area. The fund operates in the business community in behalf of 425 hospitals and health and welfare agencies.

Stewie Stearns gets an entire page of compliments in an article published by Radcliffe College. Describing him as "quiet and soft spoken with a native-born Vermonter's dry wit and a flashing smile with twinkling eyes" (and it's true), the article introduces Stewart P. Stearns, business manager of Radcliffe College, to the alumnae and undergraduates. Before coming to Cambridge somewhat over a year ago, Stewie was associated with General Electric in Schenectady where he was Manager of Corporate Investment in the Treasury Services Division. He and his wife Louise, a graduate of New Jersey College for Women, live in Belmont. Stewart Jr., an outstanding squash and tennis man who received early coaching from his father (who can no longer keep up with his son), was graduated from Dartmouth in '54. Daughter Susan attends the Buckingham School in Cambridge. The article closes with a somewhat wistful observation: "Both Stewart Jr. and his father uphold their old college ties when there is any kind of Harvard-Dartmouth contest." Naturally!

Clark Bristol, executive vice president of the American Fidelity Co. and secretary of the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co., has been elected president of the Manchester Rotary Club. Clark exemplifies community mindfulness. He was chairman of the American Red Cross in Manchester last year. For several years he has been a member of the budget committee of the Community Chest and a board member of the Crippled Children's Society. He is also a member of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and a trustee for the Franklin Street Congregational Church.

Boston press announcements indicate that George A. Stanley Jr. of Schirmer Atherton & Co. - that's our George - has been elected to membership in the Boston Stock Exchange. George commutes to Boston from delightful Andover where he and wife Priscilla with daughter Georgia make their home.

Thanks to Stan Miner, good news from New York: Frank Horan's convalescence has continued satisfactorily and Frank has resumed his duties as vice president of Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co. Sophomore son John Horan, playing number four on the College squash team, has won his matches against individual opponents from Navy, M. I. T., and Cornell causing The Daily Dartmouth to comment: "The rangy six footer has exhibited top-flight squash with his fantastic retrieving game." Seeing the name Horan in The Dartmouth is nothing new. Dad was editor-in-chief in our day, remember?

Harvey and Cay Moses were parents of the bride at the wedding of Ann Castle Moses and R. Gordon Douglas Jr. in the Congregational Church at Longmeadow, Mass., on the Saturday before Christmas. The brides brother, C. Wicker Moses 2nd, was head usher. A graduate of the MacDuffie School for Girls, Ann made her debut in 1952 and received her B.A. from Skidmore College last June. She is now a student at the Graduate School of Bank St. College of Education, New York City. Mr. Douglas, son of Dr. and Mrs. r. Gordon Douglas of Pelham, N. Y., was graduated from Andover and from Princeton '55. He is now a second year student at Cornell Medical College, New York City. The young couple will have a honeymoon trip in Europe this summer. (Mose, resist the temptation, let them go alone.)

It was a Christmas Eve engagement when Mr. and Mrs. Ralph T. Schrenkeisen of Garden City, N. Y., announced the betrothal of daughter Page to Ensign Elliott Haring Kenyon, USN, son of Steve and Vi Kenyon. Miss Schrenkeisen is a senior at the Katherine Gibbs School, Boston. Elliott was graduated from Colgate '55 and now navigates Super-Connies at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md.

Now just to bring the clan au courant in the field of grandparentage, it should be reported that the class is making good progress. New arrivals over the past several months include another granddaughter, the second, for Charlie and Gen Hart, one more for Larry and Jeannette Robinson, both grandchildren being girls, and the fifth for your scribe and Margaret - all boys, of course.

And similarly to keep the record honest, the article entitled "Dispute over the Variable Annuity" by Leonard E. Morrissey in the January-February issue o£ The Harvard Business Review is not from the pen of your scribe. It's by Len Jr.— as if you wouldn't know.

Via Boston newspapers, many classmates will regret to learn that the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John W. Sliney died of a heart attack on January 29. As pastor of St. Denis Church in Hanover for 25 years, including our undergraduate days, Father Sliney was a good friend of many Twoters of all persuasions.

Finally, on to Hanover for our informal get-together starting on Friday, March 15. When you read these notes you will still probably have time to write or call the Hanover Inn to make reservations. Come along and bring the little woman for a most enjoyable and relaxing weekend with congenial old friends - They're the best kind, you know. We'll be looking for you.

Secretary, 46 Myrtle St. West Newton 65, Mass.

Treasurer, 111 Laurel Rd., Chestnut Hill 67, Mass.

Bequest Chairman,