1931
The work required to prepare these monthly columns has made me feel as much of a part of our class as I ever felt during our four years at Hanover. This is only the sixth column I have issued since you fellows asked me to become secretary and yet in this short time I feel that I have gotten to know some of you much better than I ever did while in college. It therefore goes without saying that I am enjoying the job and as long as you keep responding to my requests for assistance in the form of supplying me with news about yourselves, and others that you have contact with, then I'm sure the work will continue to be pleasant.
Last month when I finished writing the column I continued right on and wrote a letter to four of you selected at random and gosh darn if three out of four didn't sit down and write right back! That's what I call cooperation - I'll try it again this month so if you get a note from me please take out ten minutes and write back and we'll all have more fun out of this news column.
Sam Groves says, "you gave me such a 'puff,' as Chief Hallisey used to put it, that I ought to send you some news." Sam enclosed a picture of Malcolm W. Hall, assistant V.P. at Old Colony Trust. Mai is as handsome as ever and best of all looks so hale and hearty that it's wonderful. Sam says, "Mai Hall is one of the quiet guys in 1931 whose service in the corporate transfer department at Old Colony makes life easier for their clients." That's a dandy statement, Sam, and congratu- lations to you, Mai.
Sher Guernsey said, "Figure the best way to wish you a Merry Christmas is to send you some news." Thanks very much, Sher, but please don't wait for Xmas - try it as frequently as you can. He reports that Ed andFannie Picken paid them a welcome visit and that Ed had just refereed a Union College football game — which indirectly proves that Eddie must still be in good shape. Ed and Fannie were planning on visiting son Edward 'way down yonder in New Orleans about New Year's time. Hope you made it, Ed, and if you did why not write and tell us about how come your son is down yonder and what the highlights of the trip were.
Sher is with G.E in Schenectady and his letter tells of the problems encountered during their recent long strike. He emphasizes, "You can't realize to what extent mob rule IS THE LAW under present practice." He also reports that he had the pleasure of visiting with Frank and Carol Welch at Ithaca just as the crowd was breaking up after the Cornell game.
An impressive number of 1931'ers chose the teaching profession and we have reason to be proud of it. Apparently teachers get as much of a kick out of seeing one of their students make good as an athletic coach does in seeing one of his men become a star athlete. In Framingham, Mass., Art O'Brien has been promoting over the years ' the idea of honoring high scholarship students." Recently the Framingham Underwriters received a national award "for their public service in the promotion of high scholarship in the Fiamingham-Natick area." During the presentation two of Art's former students played a prominent part and the news report states that the gathering of 250 community leaders were told that "The idea of honoring high scholarship students came from a Framingham school teacher, Arthur I. O'Brien." Keep up the good work, Art, the world needs brams more now than probably ever before.
Chucker O'Neill keeps chuckin' them in to me from Turkey Hill Circle, Green Farms, Conn, (a fascinating address isn't it?), and I love to receive them, Chuck! He sent an item from the New York Times on the subject of skiing which gives our Bunny Bertram quite a plug as follows, "The Winter Olympics held at Lake Placid in 1932 had aroused the interest of Americans in skiing, but not sufficiently to start a mass movement to the snowsurfaced hills. The true dawn of American skiing as a sport rather than an uplifting form of torture came in 1934 when an American who had visited the Alps, Bunny Bertram, installed a primitive rope tow on a steep cow pasture near Woodstock, Vt., and renamed the meadow Suicide Six. Soon other clever pasture owners and homesick Alpinists began to erect tows and to sell tickets for their use." Now you know who to blame if you break your leg or your neck next time out to ski.
Johnny Benson has forwarded some of the notes that have been written on the back of the class dues bills that have come back with your payments. In this respect we thank you twice - once for the dues payment and once for the news. One such note was from EdGruen who states that his daughter, Margery, has been accepted for Radcliffe class of '65. Another such note was from Fred Tetzlaff in Canada who shocked me out of my doldrums by reporting, "I suppose you have heard EliotWinslow is to marry a lady from Montreal!" How about this Peanuts! An event so long awaited as this cannot go unnoticed. I challenge you to tell us more or I'll be tempted to wring it out of you on your boat next summer when I hope to see you again.
A recent Boston Sunday paper showed Adrian O'Keefe, recently elected president of the Clover Club of Boston, in the presence of some mighty distinguished "principals at the affair" two of whom were Mass. Senator Saltonstall and Governor Volpe. Good company, Adrian, keep it up. Another newspaper said, "It is certainly fitting that a graduate of a college whose color is green should be the president of a club which accepts as members only those who can prove that they have Irish blood."
Si Leach has been named a director of the Bank of Montreal. Si is president of Searle Grain Company, Ltd., Winnipeg.
"A Houlton attorney and town counsellor, John O. Rogers, has been appointed assistant to the Aroostook County Attorney Ferris A. Frame," so says the Pioneer Times of Houlton, Me.
Recently on a trip to Pittsfield, Mass., I had the fun of stopping in at the Berkshire Eagle office and fortunately found Rex Fall hard at work and up to his ears in work as all good news editors are traditionally supposed to be. He hasn't changed much over the years and even though our session wasn't a long one it was certainly fun to meet-up with Rex again.
Ed Stokes dropped in the other day some-what the worse for wear since he unfortunately had a recurrence of a stomach ailment but as I reported about Ed once before, "you can't keep a good man down" and Ed is by no means "down" and thank goodness seems well on the road to recovery. No doubt at this stage of our lives we have all at some time or other realized that it takes a lot of "spirit" to keep going. Ed no doubt learned how to keep up the old spirit during his athletic days at school and he obviously and fortunately has been able to retain it.
For those of you in other parts of the country where the climate is such that you might have forgotten what the weather in Hanover was like we can report that we, here in New England, have just experienced the longest cold spell in the history of the weather bureau. We have had sub-freezing weather, ever since January 18 and this is February 3. Move over you guys down South!
Alumni, educators, and industry leaders paid tribute to U.S. Representative Tom Curtis '32,Trustee of the College, at a special dinner in January in St. Louis. He was presented a silverplaque in honor of his long service to his community and to the cause of education. Chattingwith Curtis (center) are (1 to r) Frank Cornwell '35, toastmaster; President Dickey, who delivered the principal address; Bill Rench '34, president of the St. Louis Dartmouth AlumniAssociation; and Ed Spiegel '42.
Secretary, 36 Shaw Drive, Wayland, Mass.
Treasurer, 40 Water St., Boston, Mass.
