1916

The Class has learned with deep regret of the death of Dave Gibson, which occurred on September 9 at his home in Waterbury, Conn., and expresses its sincerest sympathy to Mrs. Gibson and the members of his family.

Reg Chutter, our peripatetic classmate, a. man of action, rather than a man of activities, if I ever saw one, has now gone to Turkey, having been assigned there as Industry Advisor in an attempt to improve the Balance of Payments position in that country. How many foreign languages do you speak, Reg?

Miss Mary-Martha McClary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bishop McClary, was married to Dr. David Charles Marshall on December 10 at the Old South Church (Congregational) in Windsor, Vt. A reception was held at Whitehall Farm, Andy's home. His daughter is an alumna of Milton Academy and Smith College, while her husband attended the University of Michigan and graduated from the Harvard Medical School. He is an assistant in surgery at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston and at the Harvard Medical School. The best wishes of the Class go to these happy young people.

Political Notes: My newsgatherers in New England have reported a couple of incidents that undoubtedly had, a substantial bearing on their particular local situation last November. Claiborne Pell, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, was bucking such old pros as former Governor Dennis Roberts and exGovernor and former U.S. Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, who belittled Mr. Pell because of his lack of experience and ridiculed his amateurism. Dick Parkhurst had served with him as a delegate to the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization in London last year, knew his qualifications and thought he was not receiving a fair deal in the campaign. Result: a letter from Dick, a dyed-in-the-wool Republican to the editor of the Providence Journal. Further result: Mr. Pell won the nomination handily. Still further result: Mr. Pell beat his Republican opponent by an almost 2-1 margin.

The other incident involved Tog Upham of Maiden. He emulated the farmer at that rude bridge not so far away, but in this instance he defended his rights with hammer and saw and pen rather than with a musket. At any rate the shot was heard 'round the county. Tog had asked for and received a large political sign "Massachusetts Needs Saltonstall," which he erected in front of his home. Along with 399 other signs this one was knocked down one night by parties unknown. Thereupon Tog replaced the sign and addressed a letter to the editor of the Boston Herald, protesting the work of such goon squads, and asserting his right to let the world know where he stood politically, and challenging the forces of lawlessness in Massachusetts. The paper had a picture of Tog, hammer in hand, repairing the damage, which, unfortunately, we could not reproduce in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Well, - you know how Senator Saltonstall fared in the election. Verily the pen is mightier than the sword.

Rod Soule, our distinguished Class Treasurer, had a brief visit toward the end of November to the New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, - where our newly-elected President was wont to go for repairs. But Rod was soon out of there, better than ever, and even sounded as if he rather enjoyed the experience, what with the pretty and considerate nurses, and the batch of cards and letters he had from solicitous classmates and friends.

Ed Graver's wife, Marjory, also had a short hospital sojourn, but I am happy to report that she made a rapid recovery and returned home long since.

Our own president, Stew Paul, not to be outdone by Rod and Marjory, had a short hospital visit in November. Stew was at the Walter Reed Hospital, but was soon back at his job. I guess they couldn't spare him at Gettysburg any more than we can spare him at Dartmouth.

Lafayette College's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has honored Gene Chase by establishing a Phi Beta Kappa prize which bears his name. Gene, who is Professor of Civil Rights at Lafayette, served as secretary of the local chapter for about thirty years until 1959. Since 1936 he has been a senator on the national body that governs the united chapters of Phi Beta Kappa. The Eugene P. Chase Phi Beta Kappa Prize will be awarded annually to a Lafayette sophomore, whose academic record is "indicative of his broad cultural interests and scholarly attainments." A well-deserved honor we feel for Gene, who has taught at Lafayette since 1926 and headed the government department there from 1952 until the start of the current school year.

Jack English and I, as the Widows Committee (if that's the proper designation), have already had favorable responses from nine of the class widows to whom we addressed a questionnaire as to the possibility of their coming to Hanover next June for our Fabulous Forty Fifth Reunion. This is a fine nucleus, — one of the answers came from far away California, but we would like to have many more. The gals will be assured of a most cordial welcome, and the committee stands ready to assist them in any way with their plans.

Reminiscent of student days is the picture of three '16ers dressed in costume. The trio includes Chollie Jones, Stirling Wilson and Glenn Gould. Who can recall the occasion?

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