1921

DONALD F. SAWYER 200 Berkeley St., Boston 16, Mass.

We're right at the peak of our end-of-the-term shortage of news, boys and girls, so this month's column will probably make history for its brevity. I suppose someday we'll get smart and sort of store up a backlog for this time of the year, but we're just too impatient to get out just as much of the news that's fit to print about our '21-ers as we can gather together.

Of course the first and foremost headline is that '21 has done it again, this time in the appointment of our own Ort Hicks as vicepresident of the College. That's a tremendous honor to the class, and can anyone imagine a more ideal spot for Ort, and Lois too because they've always been a team, and can anyone imagine a more ideally equipped and suited man for the job than Ort?

Here's a couple of repeats, but we believe they are worth repeating. First, El Fisher, our Cleveland business and civic leader, has been elected to the Dartmouth Alumni Council. But, maybe we should have known this before, did you know that in addition to all his many other honors El holds an honorary doctorate from Fenn College of which he was one of the organizers?

Secondly is about Bob Wilson. We reported his assignment to Tunisia, but we received another account of his work, and some of his background and it is pretty impressive. His experience in the food and drug marketing fields has made him one of the country's leaders in the subject. It was back in 1952 that Bob went to Holland as the first marketing consultant to Europe, and it was there, and as a result of his work there, that he authored a book entitled "Marketing in the Netherlands." We understand that Bob's office is right in the midst of the kasbah in the capital city of Tunis.

Here's another new-grandparent item. It's not exactly new news, says Abe Weld who passes it on to us. Anyway, some months ago Herm Noyes' second grandchild - Sarah Eleanor Bartlett, arrived on this here planet.

Doggone it, we were all set to go up to Hanover for the class officers' annual meeting and at the last minute had to call it off. We did, however, appreciate having prexy Roger Wilde telephone to give us his best, and briefly report on the meeting which apparently was a great success. Roger also tells us that Harry Chamberlaine is putting some machinery into motion to work up a dinner party in New York the latter part of this month to honor Dartmouth's new vice president.

The picnic at Jack and Doris Campbell's is all set for June 4. That will probably be a happy memory by the time you folks read this column, and we can assure all of you in advance that it was a thoroughly successful affair.

We reported last month on Gene Leonard and the important offices he holds out there in Minneapolis. Now we also hear briefly of another outstanding Minnesota '21-er, namely Ryland J. Rothschild, president of the H. and Val J. Rothschild Company of St. Paul. This latest report lists Rynie as one of the Directors of the Title Insurance Company of Minnesota, whose headquarters are in Minneapolis.

Reg Miner tells us that he and Don Sawyer had a good luncheon get-together with Rog Wilde in Boston recently, and that Rog reports he and Caroline are talking themselves into plans for a trip to Europe toward the end of this summer. And speaking of trips Reg and Sylvia are heading out to California in early May, during which trip, Reg gives us his most solemn promise, that he'll dig up some news.

Jim Wicker has a new address - still in Oakland, Calif., at 3830 Lakeshore. Francis Foster has also changed to 19 Cedar Street, still in East Greenwich, R. I. Then we have a brand new address change for Alex Wesley, who seems to have moved down to Orlando, Fla. (P.O. Box 540), from Ohio. Needless to say we wish them all well in their new abodes and locations.

Al Dunn, bless him, has come through with all about himself and his family, protesting over our attempting to give Harry Chamberlaine some sort of medal for having only six grandchildren. Chiefly, Al points out, his sneers were brought on by a report in the same MAGAZINE issue of a superprolific member of the class of '38 with nine grandchildren. Still, Al, that isn't 1921! Al goes on to explain that he and Margie have only one daughter and son-in-law (Captain Dave Turner of the U.S. Air Force) and they can account for three, plus having lost one at birth. Then Al goes on at great length all about the art of grandparenting, and measles, and his brother-in-law who has 10 grandchildren, etc., etc. All of which we say again is fine enough but where are the other '21-ers with more than six grandchildren?

It looks as if the Capital Gifts Campaign (with something over $7 million in, we read in the paper the other day) is going right well, as is also the Alumni Fund Drive. They may be going well, folks, but don't get the idea they are going so well they don't need your large, enthusiastic, loyal and immediate support. (Guess I'd better get my own in!) This is for all of us, for our children, our grandchildren, and on and on for many generations to come, so we'd better get on the ball.

We've been rooting around for a picture to send in with this column. To show you how desperate we are the only one we have is of your secretary, and Dorothy, taken outside Windsor Castle when we were there recently. Ordinarily your reporter is a modest person, and would have to be in a bad way to send in his own picture for publication. Well, he sure is in a bad way!

We'll be seeing you.

Dorothy and Charlie Gilson '21 outside Windsor Castle on their recent trip to England.

Chatting at the Capital Gifts Campaign dinner in Waterbury, Conn., on April 23 are (l to r) Mrs. Frank W. Gray ('22), J. Francis Smith '23, and President Dickey, guest speaker.

Secretary, 276 Gano St., Providence 6, R. I.

Co-class Agents, 6 Ross Road, Scarsdale, N.Y.