1934

For the first time in the history of Ye Sec as an officialis of '34, the arrival of this column in Hanover will draw a gold star - or whatever designates the more efficient early birds. The impending No. 1 marriage in the household, of Ye See's No. I daughter, approaches relentlessly, and until we get the kid permanently on to the neck of the other guy, things are now being done by the numbers — or not at all.

To show, however, that such zeal has its true reward, things sort of drop into what's left of our lap.

For instance, through the Mutual Aid Society of class secretaries, on a triple play from the mother of Wes Beattie '33 to us comes an interesting news item, "Dr. FrankJ. Lepreau, surgeon at Truesdale Hospital (Fall River, Mass.), has sailed from New York for Kenya, East Africa.

"He will spend up to two months teaching and performing general medical work in the Friends' Hospital at Kaimosi. Dr. Lepreau, clerk of the Westport Monthly Meeting of Friends in Central Village, gave as his reason for making the trip his desire to 'make a personal contribution' to the welfare and growth of the people of Kenya."

Then a note from Dick Wells: "Saw an article in Rubber World 'The Cure of Chlorobutyle blends with other rubbers' by three authors from Esso Research in Linden, N. J., including Frank Ford."

And Bill Emerson finally was able to get across the river from Arthur D. Little Co. in Cambridge to lunch at what used to be the Copley and report that he is very happy with his work for that top-notch firm. Seems he also reported that Sam McCray had built a golf course in his back yard, but we lost that note when it blew off the Merry Go-Round. Which must be recognized as a joke because at our ag; we can't even catch up with the same to climb on.

What Bill didn't have to report is that Dick Emerson, who has, so to speak, had it made for lo these some years, has semiretired, again so to speak, from the hurlyburly and is now listed on the address changes, in probably the understatement of the year, as "Salesman, Phoenix Mutual. Life, at Box 281, New London, N. H."

Another change, by the time this is in print, will have occurred for Ernie Barcella. We steal from a letter to Al Dickerson '30 the following: "On October 1, I will close out my career in the newspaper profession and with the United Press. On that date I will join General Motors in Detroit. At GM I will be in the Public Relations Section and I will be doing something I love - creative writing." Ernie was with the UP for thirty years and since 1954 had served as manager of its Washington bureau. As a reporter he handled such major stories as the Roosevelt-Churchill conferences, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the decisive battles of the Pacific in World War II, and the final Japanese surrender. He has covered all national political conventions since 1944, the attempted assassination of President Truman, and in 1960 Vice President Nixon's trip to Russia. For this last story he received an award given annually by the National Headliners Club for top foreign coverage.

Those same address changes have a few interesting items ... for instance, Danny Degasis, who as won from '33 in a midnight game of chance, is now Pres.-Treas. of the Degasis Insurance Agency in Nashua, N. H.. . . Dr. Charles S. Kent is Dean of Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore . . . and George L. Thomas is president, general manager, electrical engineer for Electric Motor Repairs in Waterbury, Conn., which for Shorty we are sure is a job he can do without using both hands.

Further changes, as you know by now from the class newsletter, are in store for our class dynamo, Bill Scherman, but they tell me that with all these newfangled gadg- ets of button diapers and door-to-door serv- ice, things are not as tough as they used to be. Again to steal a little something from a letter, this time to me, "Forgot to tell you the baby's name, Daniel. I guess if I made his middle name Webster he'd have a better chance of getting in the class of 1983. Just think, if I'm around, I'll be 70 at his graduation." So the fellow who has really led this class since graduation is leading it again with the youngest child. If any of you would like to follow this lead - God Bless You!

NAMES IN THE NEWS Dr. John J. Kneisel, of Briarcliff, N. Y., has been appointed chief of surgery at the Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, Conn. As the hospital's new chief of surgery, Dr. Kneisel will be responsible for the surgical services and the educational program at St. Raphael's.

Dr. Kneisel has been associate clinical professor of surgery at Albert Einstein Medical College in New York, and attending surgeon at the U. S. Veterans' Hospital in Bronx, N. Y., and at St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City.

During World War 11, he served in the South Pacific with the 105th General Hospital and later as commanding officer of the 5th Portable Hospital.

Married to the former Ann Henningson of Pelham, N. Y., Dr. and Mrs. Kneisel have four children, William fourteen, Peter twelve, Elizabeth nine, and Pamela Joan seven.

Last month we took a precarious shot at sons in the class of 1965 and didn't get too badly scarred, so let's look at the current whole picture:

In the class of 1962 are the sons of Ed Bishop, Phil Eckels, the late Bill Embry, Dick Emerson, John Foley, Bill Haist, Sam McCray, Bar Mills, Bob C. Palmer, and Bob Singleton.

In 1963, sons of Perk Bass, Chet Birch, Clarence Davies, Ted Parker, Stan Smoyer, and Jim Wendell.

In 1964, sons of Bill Barnet, Gard Brown, Al Cotton, Bob Engelman, Bob Goodman, George Klinefelter, Wit McConnochie, Dana Redington, Bob Terhune, and Art Ward.

And in 1965, sons of Em Brown, Sam Carson, Joe Dolben, George Engel, Herb Heston, Jack Hinsman, Hank Kraszewski, Ace Miller, Herm Spitzer, Jack Tobin, and twin sons of Charley Strauss.

Which to one who never got beyond quadratic equations seems to total around 38, and proves that the class of 1934 married some pretty smart girls, possibly used as two adjectives, with a comma.

And finally leads to an editorial comment of sorts — that maybe things aren't too different. We delivered one of the 62's to Hanover not too long ago and sat with a beer on the Chi Phi lawn while the boys sold broken-down furniture to the freshmen things look about the same. Except that '34 Chi Phi's didn't sell furniture, they were too busy shining their patent leathers for the social season.

Secretary, 12 Berwick St. Worcester 2, Mass.

Treasurer, I 120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.