1910

Let's go like sixty in '60 To make Hanover and the BIG "50"

"Instant coffee" is an old story with Tenners. Maybe we did not have it in Commons in our day but we have had it for a long time during the 50-year period. But Lew Williams comes up with a new one when he writes that he has become an "instant Granddad." His son John '41, home after several years in Arabia with the American-Arabian Oil Co., in January married a widow with four children. Hence, Lew, the "instant Granddad." The big news in Lew's letter was to the effect that he has returned to the advertising agency field. He will serve as copy editor and "utility batter" with Erwin Wa-sey, Ruthrauff and Ryan, Inc., located at 360 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago.

When most Tenners read this chapter of 1910 news, the "50th" will be just "around the corner." Chairman Mac Kendall has set the goal for Reunion as "100 Tenners in Hanover, June 10-11-12." So all the rest of us have to do is "be there" - and - urge all Tenners we can contact to meet us there.

Mac promises that he and Hal Sprague, Reunion Treasurer, have worked out a budget that will keep the cost to each Tenner in attendance down to a low figure. Non-essentials have been given the cold stare and necessary expenses have been scrutinized so carefully that we are certain even our Congressman, Eck Hiestand, with his reputation for fighting against extravagance, will give hearty approval. Eck is our kind of a Representative - he believes in the "business" approach. Eck is planning to slip away from Congressional sessions long enough for a visit with his Dartmouth classmates in June.

Several weeks ago, we received word that sadness had come to Ted Smith in Cuba. Death came suddenly to his wife Maria. Through a note from Bill Moe we learn that Fred Brown's wife, Ethlind, passed away in the winter. Our sympathy is extended to these Tenners.

One can pick up a lot of facts of history, if he reads the short paragaphs which the newspapers use to fill out columns or fit into nooks that seem to be left over. Here is one bit of history that appeared in the local paper: "Needed Assistance - Dartmouth College was so financially pinched in 1814 that it had to borrow money from its president, John Wheelock, instead of paying his salary of $912."

A pleasing surprise came from Paul Albert recently. It was a group of snapshots taken during our third-year reunion when we were the "visiting firemen." There must be a great number of such pictures hidden somewhere in a lot of Tenner homes and we need to have a lot of them dug out and sent to your Chairman-Secretary. Our Executive Committee has decided to have a different kind of 50-Year Reunion Book. Instead of the usual biographical story of each Tenner, it will be a complete story of the reunion, in word and picture. Along with these pictures there will likely be a selection of old snapshots of the time we were undergraduates, as well as a host of snaps taken during the "50th." Appoint yourself a committee of one in your home, to dig out some choice pictures. We'll all enjoy seeing them. Just consider — there are many which probably have no duplicates. You may have the only ones that are in existence.

Herrick Kidder's son has been assigned in the Foreign Service to the U. S. Embassy in Buenos Aires. Herrick hopes to have ScottPerry meet the son and show him the sights and give him tips on how to live in that big center. Possibly Herrick and Scott can get together at reunion and talk it over in detail. Herb Coar has made it a habit to be on hand when his grandchildren come into the world. He was in Jupiter, Fla., in April when the fourth child, a son, arrived in the family of Herb's son. Word from Bill Taylor, who spends most of the year in Delray Beach, Fla., notes that he will "soon have to start packing the vacation trailer in preparation for a New England summer."

By action of our Executive Committee, MacKendall will serve the Class as Treasurer for the balance of Jess Wilson's term. While this automatically makes Mac a member ex officio, of the Executive Committee, it creates a vacancy, and Herb Woods has been selected to finish out the year which means until the election of officers during the reunion.

Now. as we come to the close of the last 1910 chapter before the "soth" the old quotation, "Easy writin's damned hard readin' "

seems to apply. For those Tenners who are in Hanover to enjoy it, writing about the "50th" reunion experience will be easy. But it's going to be rather "hard readin'" for any Tenners who are physically able to be there but just don't make up their minds to "get up and go!" Shall we be seeing YOU in all the old familiar places?

This suntanned group of Dartmouth men met recently while vacationing in Florida. They are, 1 to r, Paul Miner '18, Larry Bankart '10, Pat Partridge '11 and Leon Kendall '10.

Secretary, 501 Cannon PL, Troy, N. Y.

Class Agent, 8 N. Balch St., Hanover, N. H.