1941
By the time this monthly report reaches my "avid" readers, memories of the Dartmouth-Yale game will be giving precedence to elaborate preparations for Christmas and enthusiasm for the New Year. Nevertheless, wherever Dartmouth grads congregate to partake in the holiday spirit, one of the chief subjects of conversation is bound to be the Big Green's vindication of its earlier defeats by its stunning victory over the previously invincible Bull Dogs. The usual number of '41-ers were undoubtedly dispersed among the drenched fans that witnessed this gratitying debacle, but because everyone spent their spare time ducking the raindrops, their presence was not observed by the "weather eye" of my scouts. However we did run across Bob and Alice Taft picnicking in a quagmire in the parking lot. Snuffy Smith was spotted roaming through the stands, as emissary of the Eastern College Athletic Conference instead of sitting on the Dartmouth bench as in past years. George Seel, Hank Childs and Buzz Willis were also on hand. George is now a sales engineer in the Passaic, N. J., office of U. S. Rubber Co. and Buzz is now Executive Vice President and a partner of the Long Island real estate concern of Cooney Associates, Inc. Buzz now lives in Locust Valley, Long Island. George now lives in Montclair, N. J.
The entourage led by Bruce and KathyFriedlich to witness the game en masse and then to adjourn to their annual conclave at the usual Connecticut "hideout" consisted of Dick and Polly Hill, Bob and WinnieTepper, Don and Pat Stillman, and Dan andBailie Provost. Dick and Polly Hill must have brought the rain with them because the week before they sat through another downpour in Boston to taste of victory against Harvard. Prior to the Yale game Bruce and Kathy Friedlich had journeyed to Hanover to scout the Big Green at the Brown game. Frankand Su Hall missed their annual pilgrimage to New Haven for the first time in many years, but for a good cause. They were attending a business convention in Miami. From there they were going to Nassau for a short vacation.
Don and Pat Stillman have sold their home in Darien, Conn.; but have not forsaken this fair village, which will also be the site of the new home that they are having built. In the interim they are residing therein as tenants. Don had some word on the recent activities of Lew Johnstone and Pete Glenn. Lew just returned from a European trip for Champion Paper Co. While the recently adjourned session of the U. S. Congress was considering the enactment of the new Labor Management reform legislation. Lew was "plugging" hard for its passage. While in Frankfort. Germany, Lew got together with Fred Begole, who is now stationed there as head of the American Express Company for West Germany.
Pete Glenn is holding a post-game "shindig" in his New York City apartment after the Columbia game.
I recently had lunch with Bob Koenig, who reported that he and Bill Hotaling were planning to attend the Yale game. Bob is presently head of the purchasing department of Western Electric Co. Inc. He has been with his present employer since December 1948. Prior to this Bob was with Bendix Aviation Corp. He now lives in Glen Ridge, N. J., and is very active in Dartmouth alumni affairs in the Garden State, particularly in connection with interviewing prospective freshmen. Bill Hotaling is among the many directly affected by the prolonged steel strike, being a salesman for Bethlehem Steel Company in New Haven, Conn., where he too is also very active in such alumni activities as providing Dartmouth tents at the Yale Bowl for the gathering of the Clan.
Bob Koenig reported to me that Ez Crowley is still with Sylvania Electric and still resides in Ipswich, Mass. Take cover, Ez! Bruce Friedlich is hunting for his new successor as Class Agent, and you were among the eligibles mentioned at the recent conclave in New Haven.
Sometime ago I reported on the "Soviet activity" of Chet Williams, an associate professor of education and director of student teaching at the University of Oklahoma College of Education. Chet's tour of Soviet schools and universities in the summer of 1958 has borne fruit. Last spring Chet lectured on Soviet education at various universities in the Southwest. Last May he also addressed a Hanover audience on the "Big Red Schoolhouse."
"Globe-trotter" Bob Thorne recently wrote to Captain Dick Paul of Lincoln, Neb., about his botanical exploits "Down Under." Mindful of how hungry I am for news, particularly of folks we have not heard from in some time, Dick forwarded the letter to me. Bob is presently attached to the Department of Botany at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, as a Fulbright Research Scholar.
Austy Baker was recently appointed as Consul of the American Institute of Banking for the 1959-1960 term, in which capacity he will represent the Institute within his bank, the Wellesley National Bank, and will assist members in choosing their educational programs. Austy is an Assistant Vice-president of his bank, for which position his attendance at the American Institute of Banking and the School of Public Relations at Northwestern University helped him immeasurably to qualify.
Best wishes to all for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Here's hoping that during this most wonderful of all holiday seasons the hearts of all our young ones and, last but not least, the hearts of all "old" '41ers will abound with joy and contentment. So long until 1960!
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