1926

Buckling down to this first fall column always brings a note of the same summer's-almost-over sadness that used to precede our September return to Hanover. No matter how happy our Dartmouth nostalgia today, the truth is that back in the '20's the imminent approach of each new college-year brought emotions far from joyful. (Deny it, if you dare!) In the present case, our back-to-the-typewriter blues are brightened by the presence of a four-month wealth of news, including welcome letters from BobCleary, Dick Heywood, Red Merrill, Bob Minton, Frank Poor, Sunny Tilton, UppieUpham and Wad Woods ... most of which we'll save, for less abundant months to come.

FIRST, A FEW FIGURES

Thanks to the perseverance of Reg Hanson and his hard-working Assistant Class Agents, and some very generous last-minute contributions, our Class went over the top in the Alumni Fund campaign, with 360' men donating a total of $18,979... $8,429 above our quota, and third highest of all Dartmouth classes. (We hate to toss bouquets to the classes that were once our bitter rivals, but the only two to beat us were '25 and '27!) As of May 1, '26 numbered 357 grads and 122 non-grads. 70% of our graduates paid class dues last year ... a figure exceeded only once among the 15 Classes, in our "era" and a tribute to the conscientiousness and follow-through of our Treasurer, Ed Hanlon.

MANY HONORS

Snipe Esquerre has been elected a member-at-large of the Dartmouth Alumni Council. Charley Collins was elected principal of Everett (Mass.) High School. Our clipping reports that Charley "has been in Everett's public school system since 1929. He has served as submaster at the high school since 1955, and previously was a mathematics instructor at the school for more than twenty years. He holds a master's degree from Boston University ... and is the father of three grown children." Bill Stickney has become our highest ranking officer, with the rank of Major General in the United States Marines. Dick Heywood began his sabbatical last month, with a Fulbright Scholarship for a year of study in Italy. Dick writes: — "My chief enterprise will be a study of the role of the Roman Senate in the late republic, which amounts to a study of the decline and fall of the Republic." Hub Harwood hit the headlines twice: for his election to the First Vice Presidency of the National Travelers Aid Association, and his appointment as Chairman of the Boston United Fund's Large-Firms Department. In far-off Hong Kong, Francis Pan was appointed Chairman of the Mencius Educational Foundation, founded seven years ago to serve Chinese higher education in Hong Kong. The Dartmouth Admissions Office advises us that "Francis Pan has been exceedingly helpful in the matter of interviewing Hong Kong boys who want to come to Dartmouth. There have been more in the last few years than you might think." Ken Foster has been named a vice president of the New Haven (Conn.) Savings Bank. Our clipping notes that Ken is a former president of the American Institute of Banking. Stu Hollister is now Credit Manager of the Lafayette National Bank, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ed Farnum has been elected President of the Boston Sales Executives Club. Ed is General Sales and Servicing Manager of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., a firm he has served for more than 34 years. Fred Hurd has become a General Partner in the New York investment firm of Brundage, Story and Rose. Herb Darling was elected a Director of the Bank of Buffalo. GeorgeChampion was elected Chairman of the New York Chamber of Commerce's Committee on Finance and Currency. Last but not least expensive honors go to Charley Bishop, on the marriage of daughter Barbara Ann; to Sid Lenke, on the engagement of daughter Patricia; and (somewhat less expensive) to Sunny Tilton, on the marriage of Sumner, Jr.

TRAVELS, TOO

Red Merrill, his Fulbright year in France completed, is now back in Hanover (living in Norwich). We'll quote just one paragraph from the fine long letter Red wrote us before he left France: -

"A final note. Last night, I gave a public lecture (in French, naturally) in the Grand Amphitheatre of the Faculte des Lettres. I have, of course, been giving classes in French all year, but a public lecture was something else'. The public was composed partly of students, but mostly of my colleagues from the Faculty, retired professors, and other people from this old, highly educated University town. From time to time, I had that what-am-I-doing-here feeling, but I guess it went off all right. That was an experience to add to the many I have had in this, perhaps the richest, year of my life."

Uppie Upham, after 33 years with JohnsManville (most recently in Boston), has heeded his doctor's advice to avoid severe winters, and has moved to Lakeland, Florida. To quote briefly from Uppie's letter: - "One Sunday soon after we retired, the guest preacher at church said that 'Old ministers are not retired, but are retreaded for further service.' It is our hope that after another year of this wonderful climate we too will feel 'retreaded,' and able to work at another job for a few more years. It isn't easy to concede that one's working days may be all in the past." Frank Poor also decided to seek warmer climes; sold his Howard Johnson restaurant in Shrewsbury (Mass.) and bought a home in Phoenix, Arizona. Frank's business reputation appears to have preceded him to the Southwest, and to have interfered a bit with his intention to retire. At any rate, he accepted offers from the Camelback Inn, Phoenix, from November till May; and from the Jackson Lake Lodge in Wyoming, from June till September. (Nice work, if you can get it!) Wad andTVadine Woods took a spring vacation trip to Europe. "We flew to London, Paris, Rome and Nice. Were fortunate enough to see Khrushchev and de Gaulle in Paris, Pope John in Rome, Prince Rainier and Princess Grace in Monte Carlo."

AND SORROW

The passing of Deck Wilbar is reported in the In Memoriam section. The sympathy of the Class is extended to Charlie Singleton on the death of his wife, Helen, after a long illness ... and to Sid Hayward on the death of his 85-year-old mother. We hope Sid will forgive our noting that his mother was a widow for 54 years, ever since the death of her husband (Judge Louis Sabin Hayward) in 1906, when Sid was just two years old. Sorrow beyond all comment... a letter from the sister of John Ouzounian: - "My brother has been missing for 17 years. In his last letter to me in 1943 he wrote that he had left his job and will write again soon. But we haven't heard from him since. My letters to .him come back. His boss also tried to find him but couldn't. I asked for the Red Cross's help. They were very interested in my case, but since John is not a veteran, they couldn't help me. They suggested the Bureau of Missing Persons. I went to the Boston branch, but they said they couldn't help me because John isn't missing from Boston. We are very unhappy, my mother and I. She is not well, and always crying. John doesn't know his father passed away. We have given up hope in hearing from him."

NEW ADDRESSES: - John H. Bickford, "Washington Vallev Rd., Morristown, N. J.; C. Dean Chamberlin, Webster Lake, Franklin, N. H.; Louis C. Conant, U.S.G.S., c/o American Em- bassy, APO 231, New York, N. Y.; Douglas B. Ferris, 215 E. Chestnut St., Chicago, Ill.; Stuart N. Hollister, 76 Charles St., New York, N. Y.; Major Ralph S. McClure, 8707 Track Ave., Playa Del Rey, Calif.; Francis E. Merrill, Norwich, Vt.; William F. Pitneys Bridle Trail Rd., Ridgefield, Conn.; Robert W. Rogers, 8501 Paddock St., Tampa, Fla.; Frederic L. Rowe, 5645 Gaston Ave., Dallas, Tex.; Homer W. Shaver, RFD, So. Shaftsbury, Vt.; Donald T. Steele, 39 Elliot St., So. Natick, Mass.; Tom R. Wyles, Jr., 901 Sherman St., Denver, Colo.

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