1925
Class Reunion - The 34th Hanover, June 15, 16, 17
The deadline for these notes was imminent when suddenly out of a clear sky came letters from Frank Wallis and Bob Hardy just in time to relieve the tension of your secretary in finding material for publication.
Frank's message was on plans for our reunion, which are summarized as follows: Monday, June 15: Registration. Beer and coke bar open at noon. Cocktail party at 5:00; buffet supper at 6:00 in class tent. Joint reception with '23 and '24 for children at 8:00. President Dickey's reception at 9:00 will be followed by alumni dance at College Hall.
Tuesday, June 16: Breakfast in tent with class picture at 10:30 and class movies and business meeting at 10:45. Buffet luncheon for children of '25, '24 and '23 at noon. Alumni luncheon at 12:30. Supper at Canoe Club for children at 5:00. Cocktail party on College Hall Terrace at 5:30. Class dinner, including wives, at Hanover Inn at 7:00. Dartmouth Players at 9:00.
Wednesday, June 17: Breakfast in class tent. Joint memorial service at time to be announced. Class picnic at noon.
The formality of signing up and advancing the inevitable tax, which you can be sure will be held to a minimum, no doubt will be arranged by means of a letter from Chairman Wallis. Meanwhile, your secretary, who will serve as reunion treasurer (as usual!), takes this means to enter a plug to make your decision and send in your check early
Bob's letter read as follows: Ed Burns has been here only intermittently this winter but I've seen him and Frances quite a few times. Hod Wellman has been here for several months, so we have seen him and Genevieve quite frequently. Not only have there been Dartmouth luncheons and a Dartmouth dinner but the Ivy League meets every other week for luncheon there are a number of Dartmouth men always present. Out of 200 members of the Ivy League 10% are from Dartmouth and all but two of them are from classes older than ours
I recently purchased a seat on the Philadelphiamore Stock Exchange which includes an associate membership on the Boston Stock Exchange which keeps me pretty busy.
Otherwise news is sparse. The only item received from Hanover, which is normally quite helpful, discloses the removal of Tim Anderson to 93 Kennebec Street, Portland, Me., where he supervises operation of the A & P.
Your reporter is extremely thankful for the foregoing contributions. You will understand the depth of his appreciation when it is explained that he was faced with meet the deadline simultaneously with preparing a speech to be delivered in Texas the following week, all while getting in a final fling at skiing during the last weekend of March. Oh - for the life of one who has no deadlines to meet!
Our class statistician, Ford Whelden, recently released figures showing total class giving through June 30, 1958 and Capital Grifts Campaign pledges through February 16 1959, for the classes from 1913 to 1927 inclusive. These figures were analyzed by your secretary by developing averages for comparison with 1925's record, first, the averages of all 15 classes in the several categories of giving (column A) and the averages of four contemporary classes, '23, '24, '26 and '27 (column B) as follows: (000 omitted) 1925 A B Alumni Fund $318 $263 $291 Memorial Fund 112 54 102 Other Gifts 284 224 160 Capital Gifts 292 250 295 Grand Total $1,006 $791 $848
This is a record of which we can be proud. It is tops in all areas except one: we are slightly behind the record of our contemporaries in the Capital Gifts Campaign. Need more be said?
Dick Nye, son of the famous ocean-racing skipper of the same name, made a near sweep in frostbite racing at Indian Harbor Yacht Club recently.
Ford Whelden writes: "Gertie and I were recent guests at George and Ann Chamberlain's and Ham Thayer was also present. I wish to report we have a change of names to note. Ham has become Thunderbird Thayer! Last fall Charlie Moore insisted that Ham ride with him in a Thunderbird. It worked! Thunderbird's Thunderbird was delivered on April 20. The erstwhile Ham stated that there were only two reasons for a man of his age getting a Thunderbird: Either he should be very rich or he wished to impress forty-five-year-old widows. And added Thunderbird Thayer wistfully: 'I'm not rich.' "
John F. Reeder
Our column this month gives recognition to Jack Reeder, who adds prestige to the class by serving as a member of the Alumni Council. It was Jack's "great good fortune" to open his eyes to this world in Toledo, Ohio, on April 29, 1903, the fourth child of Jane and W. H. H. Reeder, who saw all four through colleges of their choice - Oberlin, U. of Penn., Smith and Dartmouth. "While in Hanover," tells Jack, "it was my privilege to attend Doc Griggs' classes and belong to Psi U and C. & G." It will be recalled he also played an important role in the backfield of the football team.
After graduation Jack went to work as a copywriter, became Cadillac advertising manager in 1932 and joined Young & Rubicam as head of the Detroit office in 1934, being transferred to New York as head of their contact department in 1940. As a result of volunteer work for the Navy during 1940 and 1941 he was commissioned Lt. Commander shortly after Pearl Harbor, replacing a much needed destroyer expert as officer in charge, U.S.N. Recruiting Bureau, "a land-locked job charged, with the responsibility of recruiting all types of Navy specialists." He was relieved of his Navy duties in order to return to Young & Rubicam and supervise the WAC recruiting advertising program. Late in 1945 he was elected VP, general manager, and a director of Walt Disney Productions, with headquarters in Burbank, Calif. During the past ten years he has been back at work in New York and living in Greenwich. Since 1952 he has been a senior officer and director of Benton & Bowles, Inc.
In 1941 Jack married Miss Emleen Laurie Mann. A daughter Robin is at the Ethel Walker School; a son John will be graduated from the Buckley School, New York, in June of this year. Two older daughters, Susan (Mrs. Adam Brewer) resides in Golf, Ill., and Barbara (Mrs. David Graf) lives in Los Angeles. Jack's interests and activities, in addition to the Dartmouth Alumni Council, include the Greenwich Country Club, The Petroleum Club (Houston, Tex.), the National Model Railroad Association, The Navy League, and Dartmouth Clubs across the U.S.A.
Secretary, 225 Wyman St., Waltham 54, Mass
Class Agent, 305 Crosby Hall, Hanover, N. H.
