1937
Tonight I have the exhilaration of a boy who finds that tomorrow is the last day of school. A couple of factors contribute to this sense of uplift and well-being. First, the writing of this issue of the column brings me to the end of a second year as your secretary. This means sign-off until the October number. It has been a good year, full of satisfactions in this work, and I offer my heartiest thanks to all who have helped make it a success. Secondly, this weekend I take off with my son Carl for Hanover for the annual meeting of Class Officers. I assure you that I look forward to these infrequent visits to the campus with considerable anticipation. They bring back many memories, and not maudlin ones at that. Rowley Bialla and Rog Allen are driving up independently and will pick up Art Ruggles en route. Fran Fenn will reach Hanover at the end of a New England business trip. We hope to have a get-together luncheon with '37ers in residence, namely: John Milne, Corb Moister, Dick Watson, Justy Smith, Harry Schultz, Russ Stearns and Paul Dickson (overlook any?). I'll tell you more in the Fall.
And so on to more news. Before I forget itor bury it, I have to quote you a wonderfulletter I received from Rick Asher (age 15) whofurther identifies himself as "son of Fred Asher'37" and also as WPYKJ, and beyond that as"Class of '63, if I can make it".
"Here's one for your collumn (sic!) in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. We were in a small Chinesegift shop in Santa Barbara when the topic of conversation turned to colleges. The proprietor of theshop, having mentioned he had a son at CornellMed. School, asked Dad where he went to college.Quietly and not trying to brag, Dad replied, "Well,I went to Dartmouth".
The man behind the counter eyed him for a minute as a smile broke over his face, extended his hand, and said exuberantly, "Well, wah-hoo-wah!! Walter King's the name; class of '29".
You meet them all over, but behind the counter of a Chinese gift shop, takes the cake."
I also had a very flattering note from Jack Morrison. Jack and his wife Ruth have a small but flourishing decorating and home furnish- ing business in Menlo Park, about 30 miles south of San Francisco. As far as Jack is con- cerned, it is a quite comfortable life since Ruth and her staff of decorators do the work and the selling and Jack simply collects the money, pays the bills, and pockets the comfortable difference. They live on three acres (unclear, it may be 13), where they have a few of each of all of California's wonderful fruit trees, a swimming pool, 11 dogs, a couole of horses and kids galore — meaning six ranging in ages from 18 to 7. Jock, the oldest, is now at Yale, this despite the patient efforts of Jack and Eddie Chamberlain. Jack reports onlv infre- quent Dartmouth activities on the Coast as far as he is concerned — couple of luncheons, parties and a basketball game which almost got him trapped in a major California flood on the route home. Jack does see Art Hislop who works for the Telephone Company and also lives in Menlo Park. I gather Art is fine and is also blessed with a large brood of chil- dren.
Early in April the Carl Rays and my wife and I went down county to have dinner with the Bob McCoys at their new home in Larchmont. Johnnie Johnson '38 and his wife were also present for a most enjoyable evening. Bob has just moved his architectural business to a new building in White Plains, N. Y.
One day when I was unfortunately out of town Wally Fisher called to report that he was in town from Minneapolis for a few days. He reported he has every expectation of making Reunion next year.
Jack Osborne of the West Virginia Theatrical Enterprises in Wheeling dropped me a nice note the other day. John doesn't get too many Dartmouth reminders in his area, although Dave Rainey was there for a while with lots of Glee Club records. And then, of course, BillDipson is the boss of the show and he breezes into town from time to time, always with the remark that it's almost time for the 20th. And then too, there is one further Dartmouth reminder by association - Tenant Underwood Typewriter's (Mutt Ray) sign on the front of their building. John sends regards to all and particularly to Dr. Sey Ochsner.
Hey, I opened my eyes at an ad of Anderson & Cairns (advertising) on page 43 of The New York Times, May 2; it started out with a oneword caption, "Lanny" and then the text went on:
"Lansing Moore is a vice-president and account executive at Anderson & Cairns. ... Lanny's also a prime mover in Anderson & Cairns' new business expansion ... ten new accounts in nine months. An all-around advertising man in the A&C tradition, Lanny Moore has been public relations specialist, copy chief, ad manager of a clothing chain, partner in his own advertising agency, specializing in industrial and appliance accounts, and teacher of advertising at CCNY. If you'd like to know more about Anderson & Cairns, and what we can do for your advertising, pick up the phone and ask for Lanny Moore."
As is usual a few notes have come in via the press clips. I learned, for example, that Sheldon Wagner was a candidate for Mayor in Hastings, N. Y. Shel is a sales executive with Foremost Dairies. Since the clip was a little old, I called him up to find out the results. Unfortunately, due to a technical failure in the machinery of the local Republican organization, a split ticket showed up on the ballot and Shel was nosed out by a mere 126 votes. Again politics, I note that Hal Putnam has temporarily retired from the political wars and has opened a new law office in Needham, Mass. Apparently '37ers still marry, because I have a notice that Walt Lindemann was married in Milwaukee on March 29. His bride is Mrs. Frederic Lindemann, the widow of Walt's brother. You may also have noted that PaulDickson has left the National Industrial Conference Board to become an associate in development at the College.
Art Ruggles passed on a few Helios that have come across his desk in the last couple of months in the course of dues collecting, cheery notes from George Roewer, Bill Timbers, and Carl Gram.
A last note before the seasonal wind-up. I checked in with Rowley Bialla to see if he had any late news on the progress of the Alumni Fund. The message that Rowley wished me to pass on was to stress the greatest possible participation on the part of the Class. Certainly, the potentially strongest feature of our Class or any other organization is the most widespread participation in its activities. So, let us all be a part of the job Rowley is heading up for us. Have a happy summer!
Secretary, 869 Hardscrabble Rd. Chappaqua, N. Y.
Class Agent, 120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y
