1924

Very few members of the class, if any, will fail to remember Jeff Adams. His physical features alone set him apart from the rest of us, but he was well known for two much-enjoyed skills we all may recall: singing a youthful tenor in the Glee Club, and performing the "plunge" event (underwater the length of Spaulding Pool against time, paired with similarly endowed Rog Byrd '23). Jeff is gone, ending a long and painful sickness. This, in large part, explains the contrast between his earlier constant and enthusiastic participation in all class activities and the enforced complete withdrawal over the past decade. The last reunion I recall seeing Jeff and Beattie attend was our 25th, culminating in the Sunday noon dinner on the shores of Mascoma Lake.

A more formal statement of Jeff's activities is spread on the record in an obituary elsewhere in this or a subsequent issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Here X can stimulate your own memories by going back into mine. Jeff sang well, and for fun, as I know from standing back of him for two years in the tenor section of the Glee Club. He was an important part of the Glee Club's concerts, but especially of the triumph in Carnegie Hall when we won top honors in intercollegiate contests in 1923 and runner-up honors in 1924. Of the many memories of Glee Club trips, the most vivid is of the spring trip in 1924 which started, modestly enough, in nearby Windsor, Vt. (Another classmate who also sang tenor in that Club, and who has made music his lifelong career, is Frank Jetter.) Jeff and I were roommates on this occasion, assigned to a lovely old home which was furnished with antiques; we had beautiful twin beds. After a big chicken dinner in the Old South Church we sang our routine well enough to please the audience and Prof. Leonard B. McWhood, the coach, and to earn some relaxation. But Jeff passed up the dance and said he was "going home." When I came in, Jeff was propped up on his bed, reading and finishing what had been a box of peanut brittle. Other Glee Clubbers may remember Jeff for the endless games of hearts and red-dog on trains and in the long waits. But everyone will remember his zest for living, especially as expressed in his music. The memorial book in his name will be selected with care in the area of music. (This may be given by one or more classmates, as a personal memorial, or it will be a token from the Class as a whole. In any case, it will be given with affection and appreciation for his part in the development of 1924.)

Continuing in the field of the arts, it is a pleasure to share with many friends of Stuand Marion Eldridge the news that their talented daughter, Mary, has been named a Matthew Vassar Scholar; this is a new award, in honor of the man who founded Vassar 100 years ago. Mary also won the Vermont Vassar Club scholarship two years ago as a freshman. We can also report seeing more of the Eldridge paintings over in Woodstock recently. Those who know Stu's work only for his landscapes of the Connecticut valley area have a pleasant surprise waiting for them in his watercolors of Venice, the Montmartre, and Spain, painted when they were visiting Ann in Italy; Dorothy is now visiting Ann and her husband. Now Stu is conducting classes in art once a week, in the Miller Art Center, in Springfield, Vt.

I want to speak of the happy returns-to-campus of classmates who have been away ever since college days. Jim Kittle returns to enroll his son, Jim, as a freshman; LeeHarwood was "astonished" to see the changes on the campus and in the town after 37 years' absence. I'll keep a pleasant surprise for others who will be at Bonnie Oaks for the 1962 Fall Reunion, but two couples, old friends and old friends of yours, are going to share a bungalow. The probable date is the Penn game, which will be the second one on the schedule.

We can be glad we picked the first game (UNH) instead of the second (Brown), for the former weekend was wonderful and the latter was terrible. So far as I can tell, as of November 1, all those who came this year plan to come next fall, plus some who had other commitments and some "new faces" we'll be glad to welcome. Let me know your wishes, please, for I'll want to have this pretty well wrapped up before Margaret and I leave for five months in Europe (mid-March through mid-August).

I'll leave to Butts Lamson to cover the Harvard and Yale games in the Class Letter. We had to miss both this year.

Frustrations department: Two classmates somehow missed all of my barrage of publicity on the fall reunion; both wrote to express regrets at missing the Brown game (two weeks after our Reunion). Makes one wonder. . . .

Final report on vital statistics: Not only does Ken Davis quote the College General Catalog, but Stan Lonsdale (himself) submits a photostat of his birth certificate to prove he was born on November 28, 1904 - "which makes him six months 18 days younger than DeLong Monahan" - says Ken. So that's that! Q.E.D.

Briefs: Franklin Rolfe assumes a top position as Dean of the College of Letters and Science, at U.C.L.A. He had been Dean of the Division of Humanities since 1947, but now rules supreme over three-fourths of the 12,650 undergraduates in this branch. Some family... . Judith Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Rothschild of Beverly Hills, was married to Burton S. Katz, on August 20, 1961. Both attended Univ. of Southern California. Burt is in his second year of Law School at Loyola University. ... Among the older generation, we are happy to report recent "brides" who have been brought to see Dartmouth and join our fellowship: The wives of Alex Haskell, Lee Harwood, and Ax Coffin. (If there are other re-marriages, please keep the record up to date through me. It could save us embarrassment some day.). . . Jim Hutton, stockbroker and sportsman, has bought a 17% interest in the Cincinnati Reds Mike Watkins has resigned as Vice President in charge of sales of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co., and retired following long-rumored "important changes in the official YS and T family." No further details are known as I write. . . . November 3-4 were dedication days of the new Mathematics building, details of which appear elsewhere in this issue. Robin Robinson, who still teaches Math as well as serving as Registrar and so ex-officio on many committees, was in charge of an impressive program. The adjoining building is for Psychology, but is not ready for use as yet; I'll be moving out of McNutt Hall (the old Tuck School, in case you've forgotten) during the Christmas holidays.

Lawrence Treat '24, author of a long listof mystery and adventure stories, has anew Crime Club book coming out inDecember. Using Paris and the Louvre asa setting, it is titled "Venus Unarmed."

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