1924
Class Reunion - The 35th Hanover, June 15, 16, 17
The town is calm again, after Class Officers' Weekend. Just a nice spring day, even for Monday; jonquils just opening; here and there a tulip; trees beginning to bud and show color.
At long last, on May 6 as this is filed, Ralph Miller's plane has been located where it was downed in a snow squall while he and Dr. Quinn were flying back from Berlin, N. H. where they had been on consultations. The plane was wrecked and upside down in wild country north of Lincoln. Ruff's name will be included in the Memorial service at reunion and the Library will further memorialize him with an appropriate book with his specialty, Pathology.
Over the weekend, Phil Van Huyck came alone for Lou was busy with her own big show (local Women's Club); Brad and Lois Hersey came and joined us, together with Mary and Gordy Bridge and Dick Morin. Among ourselves, there were three chief topics of conversation: (1) the 35th reunion, with dorm applications just starting to come back to Gordy Bridge. For the record, and in answer to obvious confusion: I have nothing to do with reservations for the 35th reunion, but only for the football weekend next fall. (2) The Capital Gifts Campaign, which is working up a final head of steam to raise three million more in these two months. I speak for all, and specifically for Van, in urging you-all to give this your careful and generous attention. (3) Satisfaction with the excellent progress the Nominating Committee is making to present a good slate of officers for the next five years for your approval at the June business meeting during reunion. One more reason for being with us. You have read Van's latest green-sheet; we are very lucky to have such a chairman as Doug Craig, and we are all very sure the 35th will be even better than the excellent 30th five years ago. Be sure to be with us; the whole family.
We have two additional losses to the class to report this month. Elsewhere you will find an obituary for Russ Larcom. And, after a long illness, in and out of the local hospital, Louise Danforth Turner, wife of our FrankSumner (Genesis) Turner, lost her battle with cancer. Efforts to visit her while hospitalized were more often failures than not, which adds to our regret at her passing. We offer our deep sympathy to both families.
We hear, indirectly, from George Anderson with regrets not to-be at reunion in June. Business takes him to Texas and Oklahoma in May; next fall it will be the American Bankers' Association meetings in Miami Beach, and then Betty and George take off for a month's vacation in South America leaving his bank for less arduous days afield.
I hope you read Butts Lamson's green sheet dated April 3. Now the Lamsons are in Europe and I hope having the pleasures they planned. A note came from John Mansur who plans to be in England before this appears in print.
Delayed news: Jimmy Malcolm, remembered for his basketball days at Dartmouth, has retired as Supervisor of salaried administration within New Departure's Personnel Department. He has been living in Bristol, where the local friends gave him a testimonial at the Elks' Club on March 31. The firm is a branch of General Motors. Another GM executive who is at least moving to another post is Earl Daum; he returns from Melbourne, Australia, where he was Managing Director for General Motors - Holdens, Ltd.
Wales Holbrook, who teaches in the Santa Barbara (Calif.) High School, will have himself a nice paid vacation: helping run the Sierra Club outings up in the 9,000-foot mountains for six weeks. He'll miss the 35th but puts himself on record for the next one. While we are reuning he'll be up there at the Lodge in the famous Donner Pass. He makes one comment, as a teacher of those' preparing for college, which I think worth passing on with my approval. (Those who have sons here may have some reservations if - as I know to be true sometimes - sons seem to be off the pace to some extent.) Hobey says: "What they can get in one semester makes .the dark-age courses we had look pretty feeble. We do progress."
Our near-neighbor and artist, Stu Eldredge, had an exhibit of his paintings back in March at the Wood Gallery, in Montpelier, Vt. This will remind you that your birthday card carries one of his pictures; and also to tell you he will be one of several to exhibit during the 35th reunion at our Carpenter Gallery. Another neighbor, Penn Haile, spoke at the University of Virginia late in February. This was a talk jointly sponsored by the University extension courses and the Lynchburg branch of American Association of University Women. His topic dealt with recent changes in France and its governments.
Down Boston way, Alton and Louise Tupper were given a bouquet as good-new neighbors by Haydn Pearson, the columnist; both live in Greenfield, N. H., commute to Boston, like gardening and good eating.
Speaking of which, there will be plenty such at our 35th reunion. It's all arranged for, and only six weeks away as I write this. Be with us.
Karl R. Friedmann '25 was recently electedPresident of Girard College, Philadelphia.He joined Girard in 1935 as an instructor inmathematics and later was named to headthe math department and direct secondaryeducation. Since 1955 he has filled the positionof Vice President. Girard was foundedwith funds left by the late Stephen Girardfor the education of orphaned males.
Secretary, 2 Brewster Rd., Hanover, N. H.
Class Agent, 328 Orchard Pl., Ridgewood, N. J.
