1920
It has been very heartening to receive so many assurances from Twenties scattered all over the country who are already making plans to take in our 40th Reunion come next June. As we approach the turn of the year it is certainly not too early to do some thinking and planning about the Reunion. It is indeed going to be the most important affair in the entire life of our Class. It will be a family affair, so bring on the Missus, the kids and grandchildren.
Eddie and Virginia Bowen's charming daughter Linda was married to Edward Allen Sorenson on August 29 at St. Peter's Church in Albany, N. Y. Linda is a junior at the University of Connecticut. The groom is a senior at Wesleyan University and headed for a career in medicine. On behalf of all Twenties I send sincere best wishes to the newlyweds.
The Jim Chilcotts joined the McGoughrans for a trip to Hanover to take in the Brown game. It was the first time Chillie had been back in fifteen years and he enjoyed every minute of it. Dartmouth Night, the evening before the game, was a wonderfully moving and inspiring affair. It had rained most of the day but cleared up almost miraculously just before the ceremony started. Frankly, I felt a lump in my throat, and I am sure Chillie did, too, when the entire Glee Club, standing on the steps of College Hall, sang the old Dartmouth songs we all know so well. I'd go a long way for such an occasion! Later in the evening we motored over to Sherry Baketel's spot at Canaan Street, N. H., about twenty miles from Hanover. Much good cheer was dispensed in keeping with the Baketel tradition of generous hospitality.
I do want to get in a plug for the Dartmouth Night weekend in Hanover. It is a rare combination of beautiful autumnal foliage, a program going back to our time in College, a good football game and lots of oldtimers you'd be glad to see. I can't endorse too strongly the idea of getting back for the occasion one of these years.
The Dick Southwicks were up for the game, as was "Doctor" Miller from Worcester. Ben Ayres' children were there, but I understand that Ben was playing in the Masters Golf Tournament at Memphis, Tenn. ... not a valid excuse, of course, for not being in Hanover, but nonetheless we hope he took down the top prize.
Frank Moulton was on hand, worrying about a dozen or so Superior Court cases that were about to start. The fact that Harry Sampson was on one of the juries could have been a complicating feature.
I understand that Roger Pope was on hand and, of" course, Paul Sample. Paul's tremendous mural for the National Life Insurance Company's new office building is well along and will be a terrific work of art when completed.
Al Foley was bustling busily about town and we enjoyed a story or two of his matchless Vermont humor. Unfortunately, Al Frey was under cover; at least I couldn't find him. Maybe that's a reflection on me. Pat Holbrook was nowhere to be seen, but I have an idea that he was on hand and just not in evidence. Charlie Crathern was heard lustily cheering the team on, having taken a respite from his chores as Town Clerk at Mason, N. H. We called up Mel Merritt the night before the game and tried to persuade him to make the trip from Boston but were unsuccessful.
It was sheer delight to have a fleeting visit with Isabel Morse who had come over from Middlebury to visit son Jimmie of the sophomore class.
The Classes of 1919 and 1921 both staged informal reunions over the weekend and that provided an opportunity to see many good old friends in those classes.
John Felli reports that he is enjoying his retirement days and recommends that mode of living to all his classmates.
Charlie Mills, who roomed in Reed Hall in the fall of 1916, is a baseball bug. He reports having seen all seven of the Milwaukee World Series ball games over the previous two years. When last heard from he was on his knees praying, in vain, that the Milwaukee Braves might win again this year so that he might attend the Series games in Milwaukee. He reports watching weekend baseball in Milwaukee when his travels permit. Sometime ago in Fort Atkinson, Wis., he had a visit with Allen Jones who had just returned from Europe.
I learn with some surprise that Dean Travis, banker extraordinary in Summit, N. J., is retiring in a matter of weeks and will move to Bozeman, Mont. It seems that three of his children live within a radius of sixty miles of Bozeman and maybe that is the reason, but I suspect that the excellent trout fishing and bird shooting are no small influence in his future plans.
Duke Bellen is coming back for reunion, but in the meantime he and his good wife stayed at the Hanover Inn late in the summer on their way to the Mt. Washington Hotel at Bretton Woods.
Charlie McKenzie of Chapel Hill, N. C., left in late September for a round-the-world trip. He will return in early January.
Since this issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE will appear shortly before Christmas I take the opportunity to send a warm Christmas wish to each and all of you and I hope sincerely that the New Year coming up will bring only good things for all of you. As for me, one of the good things I hope the New Year will bring is some mail from time to time from the brethren in the Class. The mailbag is extremely light as I write these notes and that, of course, makes the life of the Class Secretary a very painful experience.
As quickly as I finish these notes Dorothy and I are pushing off from this vale of tears for Hanover where I have some chores to do in Cotty Larmon's '19 classes in administration, followed the next day by a meeting of the Tuck School Board of Overseers. Ort Hicks '21 has agreed to drive us to Boston on Friday evening in order that I may keep a date with the Dean of the School of Business. Administration at Harvard and only incidentally, of course, to sit in on the Harvard Dartmouth football game. Then, heaven be praised, Dorothy and I are going to hole up on our Berkshire farm for a couple of weeks. We expect the Jim Duffys 'lB of Philadelphia to weekend with us and take in the Yale game in New Haven.
I am sorry to have to write so much about me and my Missus, but since so few of you kick in with any news I have no alternative. I'd much, much rather write about you and your Missus! So, don't forget to make a New Year's resolution to keep your secretary supplied with interesting bits of news about you and yours ... and, having made the resolu- tion, please remember to follow through on it!
Hoy Schulting '21 has tried for 27 years toland a fish as large as the one shown here andhe finally succeeded. The feat was performednear Little Compton, R. I., where Hoy goesevery year to try his luck.
Pete Potter '20 (r) presents a check for $500, proceeds from the Dartmouth Glee Club concert in Rochester last March, to classmate Al Foley '20 at a Rochester kick-off dinner, Sept. 16. The money goes to the Dartmouth Rochester regional scholarship fund.
Secretary, 350 East 57th St. New York 22, N. Y.
Treasurer, Tuck School, Hanover, N. H.
