1934

I would like to acknowledge my thanks to so many of you who were kind enough to send Bill Wilson your class dues and append an item or two about yourselves. In looking over the Treasurer's shoulder I see that Dan Bordett who hasn't been heard from in many moons came through with his dues and we cordially welcome his return to the loyal group of '34. The same fine sentiments to Bob Reschke also a nongraduate but a contributor to the Alumni Fund. It's always good to see a rallying of the tribe. We hope it's the approaching Reunion that brings out the best.

Our literary globe-trotter, Ernie Barcella flew to Brussels in seven hours and nineteen minutes from Baltimore. He was on the pre-inaugural jet clipper flight of the Pan-American Overseas Airways. We saw another world wanderer, Jerry Danzig, on a two-hour television show. He was recounting his experiences on his recent trip to Russia. Jerry was far more interesting and observant than the two other travelers who were also on the program. Too bad this occurred during the newspaper strike in New York City with the resulting lack of publicity. We told a lot of people to look in at the wrong hour.

From likable and lovable Phil Glazer: "Following the Big Green via newspaper. They seem to be doing right well but I wish I had the opportunity to see them in action. From always amusing and a maestro in any field, Jack Gilbert: "Sorry Jane and I couldn't get up to Hanover this tall. We had just returned from a wonderful trip to Colorado Springs. See you in June." Also planning to "reune" is Bill Gilmore whose oldest boy, Bill, is at school at Verde Valley in Sedona, Ariz. His son, Tom, is the top backstroke swimmer in the state in his age group as well as being one of the best junior horsemen. Tracey (the nine-year-old girl) is almost as proficient. Bill says that Dick Benedict has moved into the neighborhood from Los Angeles and they get together once in a while.

Dick Wells back in October wrote: "The ducks and pheasants are flying up here (Wayzata, Minn.) and golf clubs are being put away. Thermal longies and storm coats are brought out of the mothballs and winter is on the way. The ALUMNI MAGAZINE and Newsletters are so welcome as we seem sort of far away."

A short note from Tom Cass: "Still doing business at the same old stand and as the older members of my harem approach college age there seems to be a renewed interest in Dartmouth around the house."

A somewhat longer and very welcome letter from Dr. Johnny Spiegel with a new address, 10 Channing Place, Cambridge, Mass. Johnny and Babette have three children in college. Heli is at Swarthmore '60, Adam at Haverford '62 and Mary at Barnard 62. Their youngest, Polly, attends Shady Hill School. Last year Johnny received an appointment as associate clinical professor of psychiatry and divided his time between teaching at the Harvard Medical School and in the Department of Social Relations at the college. This year he is taking a leave of absence from all teaching and lecturing in order to write a book about the four years of research which he has carried out with Dr. Florence Kluckhorn on the relation between mental illness, family structure, and the social background of the family.

We missed the presence of Gert and Nelson McClary in Hanover last fall. This was satisfactorily explained in a note which said they were passing up the Penn game for the victory at Cornell. Life goes on serenely in their neck of the woods, Constable, N. Y. An almost identical explanatory card from Marian and Mike Joseph looking forward to and promising to be back in June.

The Practicing Law Institute in New York City has been featuring the lectures of Sey Lewis partner in the well known law firm of Rosenman, Goldmark, Colin & Kaye. Sey who was formerly Special Assistant to the Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice has been clarifying the interrelation of the Sherman, Clayton and Federal Trade Commission Acts for' both lawyers with little experience in the antitrust field and for the experienced practitioners. Hope to be able to hear one of his talks in this very important area of the law.

John Foley in his capacity as personnel counsel of the New England Electrical System spoke to the guests of the Lynn Industrial Management Club. This organization is composed of men in supervisory capacity representing top management of the Greater Lynn industries. We have never congratulated John (and we apologize for the oversight) for receiving the Berlin Award given each year by the Holy Cross Institute of Industrial Relations to those men who have made significant contributions to the field of industrial relations. We also take this opportunity to felicitate Jack Dineen on adding another directorship to his already impressive list. This time he has been elected a director of the Rockingham National Bank of Exeter.

I read in the Hanover Gazette that Spike Fulton is exceedingly happy with his new work as teacher of social studies in the Hanover High School. He has always taught where outdoor living could be combined with school work. Deer hunting is a favorite pursuit of his with bow, rifle or Bmm movie camera. Effie, his wife, is active in Girl Scouting and a full time job looking after Judy, Tom and one-year-old John. I think Dick Gruen is counting on them to help with some of the youngsters in June. My intelligence scouts tell me that another scholar of ours is Joe Slechta who is now teaching at Tulane and is a candidate for a Ph.D.

Am sure that the recent strike among the New York City papers permitted some of you to catch up on your book and magazine reading. I enjoyed "From The Terrace" by John O'Hara and "Exodus" by Leon Uris. Hope the rest of you saw the "Sports Illustrated" special holiday issue of December 22, 1958. The article on the Silver All-Americas was a honey. Bill Embry received one of the 25 awards made to those college seniors of a quarter of a century ago who won their letters in football and who have most signally distinguished themselves in American professional, business and community life in the generation since the fall of 1933. Bill richly deserved this honor although I'm sure some of his Dartmouth team-mates were equally well considered. Bill recently merged his own company, the Embry Container Corporation into the Alton Box Board Company. He is now the General Manager of their Louisville Container Division. I don't know where he finds the time to handle all the civic and philanthropic work and at the same time serve as a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council as well as President of the General Association. Also selected were Art Lane of Princeton and Larry Good-year of Yale, both of whom were classmates of ours at Harvard Law School. Bill is only the second Dartmouth man selected. As I recollect Roily Morton's brother, Bill, was the first.

At the risk of being called a name dropper I will now mention two wonderful guys who have recently dropped me a line. One was Sam McCray a senior partner in the Dayton, Ohio law firm of Vradelis, McCray and O'Hara. He thanked us for our interest in his son Alfred, a member of the present freshman class. The other w.g. was Bill Haist. He, too, is the father of a Dartmouth freshman, Dave Haist. He and Dorothy have a daughter Linda, who is a junior at Skidmore. Bill has moved from Connecticut to Michigan and his stationery bears the emblem of Detroit Controls, a division of American Standard.

The punch line from my January column was excised. That's why it looked so bare. My editor should know the only person who likes to have his sentence interrupted is a convict.

John H. Irish '35 who has been manager of the Swift & Co. plant at Scottsbluff, Neb. since 1956 has been made manager of the New England Dressed Meat and Wool Co.

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Treasurer, Hovey Lane, Hanover, N. H.