1929

Youthful, fun-loving Twenty-Niners have been busy these fall weekends following the Dartmouth football team - cheering in the stands, picnicking from tail-boards of station wagons, and passing the bowl in convivial fashion. Seen and heard cavorting in and out of places such as Franklin Field, Fitton Field, the Harvard Stadium and the Yale Bowl were the following sports: Bill and Katie Andres, Bob and Mary Louise Austin, Dick and Deedie Barrett, Al and Meta Benjamin. Jack and Cynthia Blair, Bob and Jeannie Brinkerhoff, Chan Bete, Ev Bulkley, Bing and Marg Carter, Ed and Polly Chinlund, John and Chris Dickey, Frank and Petie Foster, Jack and Jerry Gunther, Ollie Holmes, Fred and Jane Ingram, Soup Lockwood, Phil and Alice Mayher, Bob Monahan, Dud and Jeannie Orr, Joe and Louise Pritchard, Cart and Molly Strickland, Ed Spetnagel, and Ed and Betty Walsh. Not seen by your scribe but reportedly at the Bowl were Phil Dinsmore, Bud Foulks, and Abe Washton. If your scribe has slipped in mentioning other classmates and spouses, it is due only to failing memory, eyesight, ears, and legs. Undoubtedly, there were others in the assemblies and the above list is only a fair sampling of Twenty-Nine's effervescence. Outstanding were Andres' yellow vest, Barrett's red moleskin coat, and Bete's and Lockwood's tam-o-shanters.

Past and present members of the Executive Committee convened in the Williams College Club at New York the evening before the Yale game. Chairman Andres called the meeting to order at 7:45 P.M. Present were Herb Ball, Al Benjamin, Jack Blair,Bob Brinkerhoff, Ed Chinlund, Bing Carter,Jack Gunther, Phil Mayher, Bob Monahan,John Pratt, Dick Robin, Cart Strickland and the scribe. The minutes of the last annual meeting were waived and unheard in spite of the fact that the scribe sat up until the midnight, before distilling his potion. Treasurer Chinlund reported a "safe cash flow" and out of the subsequent deliberations came votes for a seven-dollar dues tab, a $500 transfer to the Class Memorial Fund, and subscription to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE for all members of the Class regardless of their respective standings with the Treasurer. Class Agent Strickland reported that '29 gave $27,150 to the Alumni Fund the past year, the second highest amount ever raised by our Class for this purpose, and then launched into a stirring plea for raising our sights in 1962. Bequest Chairman Gunther reported that we are not oil' the ground with our testaments and reminded us that we are not immortal. This somber thought was relieved by the announcement of the Chairman that the Class will meet in an informal reunion at Hanover the weekend of the first football game next fall. BobMonahan has already engaged sleeping and eating facilities and Twenty-Niners will now mark this weekend on their calendars. On this happy note, the meeting adjourned.

AI Benjamin's calling card reveals that he is known as R. Allen Benjamin - a Capitalist - (Taxpayer) - and Business Counsellor — with an address at 908 Elm Place, Glencoe, Ill. - and three telephones. Al sold out his interest in Benjamin Electric Co. in 1956 and now plays the banjo, sings in the Church Choir, and serves on the executive committee of the Chicago North Shore Chapter of SPEBSQSA. For the uninitiated, this means the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shops Quartet Singing in America. Al is also state membership secretary of the Illinois Society of Sons of the American Revolution. Al and Meta have a daughter, Betty, who is a freshman at Sullens College in Virginia, and a son, John, who graduated from Dartmouth in 1960.

Dick Robin is the editor-in-chief of "Medico Surgical Armamentarium," the first encyclopedia of new instrumentation ever created for the medical profession. More than 500 medical instruments, materials, and apparatus are classified, described, and illustrated in painstaking detail in this great new encyclopedia of instrumentology. It is published by Robin International and can be had for $15. Dick has drawn on thirty years' experience as director of research and development for Becton Dickinson Co. and has been assisted by his many associates among doctors, surgeons, industrial leaders, and hospital officials. The book will be revised annually. Dick lives in Alpine, N. J., has a daughter, Nancy, who is a graduate of Radcliffe and now resides in Brazil, and a daughter, Diana, an alumna of Sweet Briar, who has returned home after four years in Germany.

To our notices of the Executive Committee meeting, we received some informative replies such as: "Expect to be in Eu- rope, Gerry Swope"; - "Can't make it — coming East for Thanksgiving and the Princeton game, Dick Brown"; - "Sorry, will be in Bermuda, George McLachlan"; — "Sorry, fear I'll be on West Coast, Art Rydstrom"; - "Sorry, playing golf at Pinehurst, Jack Hubbard"; - "Out of U.S. for several months, Paul Woodbridge"; - "Have date in Westchester, son Spencer '60 married to Diana Gail Diggin of N. J., Mt. Holyoke '61, on August 26; great affair, lots of Dartmouth on hand, Bill Morgan"; - "Sorry, must be in Hanover for dedication of the Bradley Math Center, John Dickey"; - "Sorry, I'll be involved in the dedication of the Math-Psychology bldg. that Fri. and Sat., John Brown Cook." We have heard that John and Marian Cook are donors of the Library for the new Math Center.

Belatedly, we announce that Miss Carolyn Kinder, of Waynesboro, Va.. was married to Norman Stewart Carr, son of Dr. andMrs. Robert K. Carr, of Oberlin, Ohio, last June. Norman is a third year student at the Columbia Law School.

John Dickey has been appointed to the Foreign Policy Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.

Sen. Bob Monahan represents the Senate of New Hampshire on an interim committee authorized by resolution to study the amount of state contribution toward municipal sewage disposal facilities. Bob has also been re-elected vice-president for Grafton County of the Society for Protection of New Hampshire Forests.

Frank Kenison, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, has been elected second vice-chairman of the National Conference of Chief Justices.

Miss Melinda Leithead, of Scarsdale, was married to Lieut. Robert Dry den Johnston in September. Lieut. Johnston is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Buliver Lytton Johnston, of Ridgewood, N. J. He is a graduate of St. Lawrence and is stationed at Fort Bliss, Tex.

Dr. Irving M. Levitas recently served as a panelist in Hackensack, N. J., for a forum on "Preparation for Successful Aging." We need him at our reunion next September. Irv is house physician at the Bergen County Home and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He is affiliated with the Hackensack Hospital, Bergen Pines County Hospital and Pascack Valley Hospital.

Bob Friend is Chairman of the Industrial Division for the campaign to raise $2,172,000 on behalf of the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in Melrose, Mass. Bob is vice-president and a director of Friend Bros., has served as a member of the Melrose School Committee, and is past president of the Grocery Manufacturers' Representatives of New England, Inc. He is a member of the Administrative Council, Finance Committee and Economics Committee of the National Canners Association, Washington, D. C., and is president of the New England Chapter of the Quartermaster Association at Natick.

Noel Salomon is a selectman of the Town of Hampton, N. H. He travels throughout the State of New Hampshire as a life insurance underwriter.

A Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year!

Henry Buchtel '28 (l) and Bill Condon'29 (r) enjoy a Dartmouth Night Programin Denver held by the Dartmouth Association of the Great Divide.

Secretary, 10 Cranston Road Winchester, Mass.

Treasurer, 2 Gateway Center, Pittsburgh 22, Pa.

Bequest Chairman,