1910

Tenners retire, formally, and then enter into diversified fields of very active life. But we have heard of none who goes all out actively like the old Dartmouth baseballer, Louie Langdell. And it appears that out in Portland, Ore., there are many who marvel at his activity. Thanks to Carl Bardwcll s wife, Bertha, we have a newspaper clipping which gives the story as it was run in the Milford, N. H., paper. Milford is where Louie started his journey 55 years ago, which landed him in Hanover as a member of our class. The story:

A salute to Louis Langdell, 1204 N. Alberta, Portland, who though in his 70s and retired trom active work, keeps young, occupied and usetui by coaching boys of Babe Ruth age (up to 15) on how to play baseball, with major emphasis on first learning the game's fundamentals, and going on from there. His team is Terry's Northeast Portlands and this is their sixth season together. Also for the sixth year he coached last spring much younger boys of the St. Andrew's team in the CYO Grammar school league in April and May thus keeping doubly busy with two teams of young players.

' Though* Coach Langdell likes to win as much as anyone, his great aim is to teach youngsters how to play the game right, and this means developing youngsters just as they come, not merely those of top talent handpicked by recruiting. Also, he never wants to win at the expense of sports manship. That his coaching pleases players as well as their parents is emphasized by his seasons as coach of these same two teams.

Where did Louis Langdell learn his baseball? At Dartmouth College years ago, where he played third base and outfield, and could undoubtedly have gone professional had. he wished. He also attended Michigan one year and University of Washington another. Baseball always has been his first love in sports and he has kept himself abreast of the game. Also, he gains the confidence of his youngsters and they hustle for him. At one time with the U. S. Forest Service, Mr. Langdell had been many years with Pacific Power and Light at the time of his retirement.

Our hats are off to you, Louie. Keep up the good work.

The Back Bay Ledger and Beacon Hill Times, "Boston's Leading Weekly Newspaper," adorned its front page recently, by running a story about Charlie Fay with an up-to-date picture of our Charlie, another Tenner to whom retirement has always meant "more and more community service." He has been named a district director - no, not of "Internal Revenue" — of the commerce and industry division of this fall's Greater Boston United Fund "People Helping People" campaign. Here's what they say about Charlie: "Formerly associated with the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Mr. Fay has extensive insurance background with the Travelers Insurance Company, Equitable Life Assurance Company and Continental Casualty Company. He has served on Red Feather drives in the past and is again giving his time and effort to this campaign. A graduate of Roxbury Latin School and Dartmouth College, Mr. Fay lives with his wife at 114 Fenway. They have four sons."

By moving to permanent quarters in Clear water, Fla., Mac and Florence Kendall just cannot help but be the first Tenner arrivals of the '6 -'62 season. Mac's new address, in case you haven't noticed it on your class dues bill, is 2144 McKinley St., Clearwater. Shorty Worcester wrote Mac that he expected to leave for the Sunshine State about Nov. 1. He missed Mac last season, but is confident that since Mac has nowhere to go up north, they will surely have a visit this year.

' Ed Keith is looking forward to Florida but wrote Andy Scarlett that he hoped to see him in Hanover at one of the early games. He promised Andy that he would take along to Hanover some Cape Cod berries. Carl Bardwell had a lot of attention from the medical profession early in the spring but he reports, "Everything is copacetic with me — I feel better, have more strength than two years ago - keep my weight Hown and am careful not to overdo physically."

Dick Carpenter sends word of the mar- riage of the late Winsor Wilkinson's son, Albert Crayton, to Katherine Louise Schevill at Berkeley, Calif. Carp writes that Albert with his father was one of the dedicated who built the so-popular large cabin of the Dartmouth Outing Club of Northern California, in the foothills of the Sierras. The Great Hall of the clubhouse was dedicated to "Win" Wilkinson with a handsome tablet, the gift of our Class.

One of our Tenners, Howard Smith, who has been seldom heard from, broke down and wrote a long letter to Andy Scarlett. A quote from that letter, expresses the real feeling we all have. The quote: "I take strong exception to your statement that your job as Class Agent earns you only the illwill of your classmates. On the contrary! We appreciate your efforts no end and rejoice with you when our humble efforts help get over that million-dollar goal." I had a short visit recently with Herb Wolff at his office in New York, and he expressed the very same sentiments. Andy should take a good look at the figures in the recent Fund campaign of the other classes of our period in college. We are over fifty years out of College. As a group we possibly do not feel quite as strong an urge as formerly. Then again, personal incomes, after retirement together with many obligations of family, may be causing a little closer consideration when it comes to writing checks for gifts. There is no one who like Andy can or will give all the personal effort in getting our men to think about the debt we owe the College and thereby get the dollars back to Hanover.

When Mac Kendall was struggling through that job all of us should do some day: reviewing his many possessions to decide which he should get rid of, he selected the clothes he wanted to take to Florida and then found he had some "stock" left. He took "five pretty good suits, two overcoats and a sport coat to an old clothes man like we used to run into in Hanover in days long sines. He offered the lot to him for $15. "The man laughed at me and X brought them home," he writes, "to give to the church or Salvation Army. I wouldn't give him the satisfaction of getting them for less even though I was out my time and labor, and will get nothing for them elsewhere." Nobody, say we, is going to put anything over on Mac, the old Vermonter.

A suggestion for Christmas time: Send a card to a Tenner you haven't heard from or about, in a long time. It will do you a good turn as well as those to whom you send.

The Class of 1910 celebrated its 51st Reunion last June arid on hand for thefestivities were Ray Seymour, KeithPevear, George Underwood, Herb Wood,Orilla Moe, Andy Scarlett, and GeorgeAllen. Charlie Fay was the cameraman.

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

T reasurer, 2144 McKinley St., Clearwater, Fla.