1927
In the hope that this will reach you and be read in time to do something about it (and this will depend on your location in these United States, and on the vagaries of the United States mail), we announce that the fall reunion of the Class of 1927 will be held October 14 and 15, the weekend of the Holy Cross game. Last year we announced the wrong weekend, but this was because we didn't have our ears wide open at the time the date was decided upon. This year our error was caused by a shifting of Dartmouth Night from Sept. 30 to Oct. 14, something that was completely beyond our control. You have all had the announcement of the new and correct date from Bill Cusack some time ago, so, unless you have to plan way ahead, there should have been sufficient notice to enable you to change your schedule to meet the change in date.
This will be our fourth fall reunion, and if you have attended one of the previous ones, there's no need to tell you that you won't want to miss it. If you haven't been able to make it before, you have a real treat in store. Make your own room reservations directly with the Hotel Rogers, Lebanon, N. H., and drop Bill Cusack a line, at 2 Lakeview Rd., Winchester, Mass., letting him know that you will be there.
Since the last column was written about the first of May, there are a few things to catch up on. The class officers' weekend in Hanover in May was, as usual, interesting and inspiring to all of us who were there. We were represented by an unusually good turnout of our officers, our delegation consisting of Bob Stevens, Larry Scammon, Les Battin,Lee Greenebaum, and your secretary.
The Alumni Fund saw us running a very strong race in our division of the Green Derby, losing out at the last moment to 1925, but finishing a very creditable second, with our $20,000 total the second highest among all of the classes. This record is an impressive tribute to Larry Scammon, and his team of agents, who did a yeoman job and deserve our sincere thanks. Next year the Alumni Fund will be completely back to normal, with all of the hangovers 'of the Capital Gifts Campaign out of the way, and it behooves each one of us to start now to prepare for what we will want to do for Dartmouth next spring.
About half of you have responded to the questionnaire sent out last winter. This is not a mere whim of curiosity on the part of your secretary, but is a serious effort to obtain an adequate record of the activities of every man in the Class since our undergraduate days. A follow-up questionnaire has been sent to all who did not fill out and return the original — if you received one, won't you please complete it and get it into the mail right away? Admittedly it is rather long, but all the information called for is of value. However, if you don't feel that you want to fill out the answers to all the questions, complete those that you can do easily the important thing is that you send it back.
Cug and Mary Daley were host and hostess for a revival of Old Timers' Day for the members of the Class living within striking distance of their farm at Plymouth, Mass., on July 23. Reminiscent of a certain episode in the spring of 1927 was the plaintive note on the invitation that "The barn is not for burning." No reports have come in, so perhaps the party is still going on.
On June 11 Frenchy Abbott was ordained deacon of the Episcopal Church at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. Following this he was appointed deacon in charge of St. Luke's Mission in Lanesboro, Mass., and has passed canonical examinations in the diocese of Western Massachusetts to become eligible for ordination to the priesthood. After leaving Dartmouth, Frenchy entered the publishing business in New York, and was also an executive in department stores before serving in the Army in World War II as a major in Special Services in the Panama Canal Zone. Upon his return to civilian life he re-entered the publishing business, where he became executive vice president of the Coster-Dana Corp. He was superintendent of the church school and a lay leader at St. Matthew's Church in Bedford, N. Y., when he decided to study for the ministry. Studying at first part-time at General Theological Seminary, New York, he spent the past year as a full-time student at the New York Seminary, from which he graduated in May. He has three daughters, all of whom are married, and a son who is a student at Harvard.
A note received a few days ago from Chuck Brewster brings the news that he and his family are moving back to New England, after thirty years in the mid-west. They will be at their old family home in Portsmouth, N. H., for a few months until they get located in some Congregational parish in New England.
During the summer several members of the Class were honored in various ways. Meek Slotnik was elected president of the Jewish Family and Children's Service of Boston. Cliff Randall was awarded the Silver Buffalo by the Boy Scouts of America in recognition of distinguished service to boyhood. Capt. Al Lawrence was selected as the commencement speaker for the Westerly High School graduation exercises. Dud Bonsal was elected a trustee of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute of Williamstown, Mass. Doane Arnold was presented with a scroll in recognition of the support of New England Life in maintaining the Esplanade concerts by the Boston Orchestra. Lee Greenebaum and his office were the subject of a feature article in the New York "World-Telegram."
While it may not have set a record, it must have come close to doing so when Paul O'Connell's daughter, Mary Lee, was married on June 25th to Thomas C. Jamieson Jr. in the presence of eight Dartmouth relatives - her father, brother, four uncles and two cousins. The bridegroom? - Yale and Harvard Law.
We announce with deep sorrow the death of three classmates during the summer — Ed Fowler, Jack Holleran, and Frank Marsh.
Eight Dartmouth relatives were on hand for the marriage of Mary Lee O'Connell to ThomasC. Jamieson Jr. They included (1 to r) Tom O'Connell '18 (uncle), Phil O'Connell '25 (uncle),Paul O'Connell '27 (father), Dick Lee '28 (uncle), John O'Connell '36 (uncle), TommyO'Connell '50 (cousin), Jeff O'Connell '51 (cousin), and Paul Revere O'Connell Jr. '64(brother). The groom is Yale '56 and Harvard Law School '59.
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