1926

FROM FEAST TO FAMINE

From October feast... a 4-month news-pile too heavy to handle, to November famine ... scarce enough news to warm the typewriter, despite a number of October carry-overs. (When did your name last appear in these columns? How about a letter bringing us all up-to-date on yourself?)

A NEW CHAMP!

Move over, Bob McConnaughey, for a newClass-Youngest-Baby Champion! Worthy ofrepetition from Chip's Newsletter ... Tomand Priscilla Colt became the parents ofSusannah, August 30, in Dayton, Ohio. Thenew arrival makes Tom the father of six ...including: — Thomas C. Ill, 23; Jon, 20; Corinne, 12; CRristopher, 6; and Penelope, 5.

PLAUDITS

New York University Prof. Richard M. Haywood's new book, "The Myth of Rome's Fall," will be published Nov. 24, by Thomas Y. Crowell Co. To quote Dick: "It's the only book that will tell you what really happened to the Romans, in spite of the fact that anyone will tell you at the drop of a hat why Rome fell." Trenton (N. J.) papers report that "Francis Knowles, manager of the DuPont Chambers Works, and a member of the New Jersey State Board of Education, has been named by Gov. Robert B. Meyner to replace former State Senator John M. Summerill on the Rutgers University Board of Governors." (Good thing Dartmouth doesn't play Rutgers at football, or Frank would really be on the spot!) In naming Dick Eberhart Poetry Editor, the American Academy of Poets stated, in their monthly publication, that:

Professor Eberhart was born in Minnesota, and took his A.B. at Dartmouth College in 1926, which later awarded him an Hon. Litt. D. in 1954. He is now their Poet in Residence and Professor of English. In 1930-31, Professor Eberhart was tutor to the son of King Prajadhipok of Siam, and from 1933 to 1941 master of English at St. Mark's School. There followed a most active period of teaching and lecturing in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey.

Professor Eberhart has been the recipient of numerous prizes, including the Guarantors' Prize, Poetry Magazine in 1950; the Golden Rose of the New England Poetry Society in 1950; The Shelley Memorial Prize of the Poetry Society of America in 1951; a $1,000 grant of the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1955; and the Harriet Monroe Poetry Award in 1955.

And a final plaudit to our able Class Treasurer, Ed Hanlon, who modestly states that: "The main credit for the fine conditon of the class treasury should go to my predecessors, Don Norstrand and Herb Darling." (Take a triple bow, boys, in unison!)

MISCELLANY

At the annual Twin-Cities Dartmouth Picnic, '26 was represented by Minnesotans Benny Benton and Bob Goss, and visiting Illinoisan Fred Wenck. Recoveries: - CharlieBishop, from a removed cartilege in his knee; Benny Benton, from bursitis in his arm. News of Herb Applin... the Watertown (Mass.) Weekly reports that:

H. Herbert Applin, former member and chairman of the Board of Selectmen and former member and chairman of the Middlesex County Commissioners, announced this week that he will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for state representative from the 30th Middlesex District.

Mr. Applin served three terms as a selectman for the town, with his first term interrupted in 1942 when he entered the Navy as a lieutenant, junior grade, receiving his discharge in 1945 as a lieutenant commander. In 1952 he was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners for Middlesex County, serving as chairman during the years 1955 and 1956.

A native of Watertown, Mr. Applin attended Watertown schools and was graduated from Watertown High, where he played basketball, baseball and football. He attended Dartmouth for two years and Boston University for two years, receiving a bachelor of science degree from Boston University in 1926. He entered the insurance business and for 27 years has been associated with the Merchants Mutual Insurance Co., Boston.

During World War II, he served with the Navy, and was sent overseas to England, where he was assigned to' the ports readying the invasion fleets. Following the war he served as lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserves, ending this service last year.

Mr. Applin and his wife, Hilda, have three children, Herbert Applin Jr., a junior at the University of Maine; John W. Applin, a sophomore at the University of Michigan; and Carol Applin, who is in ninth grade.

The Springfield (Mass.) Republican reports a lengthy interview with Allen MacDuffie, "regional executive secretary of the Voluntary Home Mortgage Credit Program, a former lawyer and Dartmouth College graduate, who previously was senior credit consultant to the Credit Dept. of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York."

A WORD TO THE WIVES

is sufficient, we hope, to bring us some reports on their "strong, silent type" '26 husbands. Aren't some of you gals DISGUSTED at regularly seeing OTHER men's names in this column, with never a word about YOUR husband? OK ... then why not DO something about it? Since he's too busy or too modest to write us about himself, how about you writing us a letter about him! About him and you, his past-and-present business life, his (and your) hobbies and activities, home and offspring. We'll welcome, and print, all the information you can send us. (And we'll promise not to tell him how we found it all out!)

William W. Jenkins '25 has been appointedcounsel for General Electric's apparatus salesdivision in New York City. He has been withthe GE legal department since 1930, most recently as general attorney.

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