1929

Secretary, 10 Cranston Road Winchester, Mass.

Class Agent, Smith-Lee Co., Inc., Oneida, N.Y.

We called Jack Knight on Easter Sunday and, with a certain quantum of impertinence, asked him what he was doing. The answer? Sitting and thinking. It could have been the sermon - but then again it could have been the ice boating on the frozen waters of Mecox Bay in Long Island or that old junk of an automobile that he is in the process of restoring. He gave up racing cars three years ago when he broke his arm in a smash-up but he is still active as a member of Contest Boards and Advisory Committees of the Sports Car Club of America. He recently completed a term on the Vestry of the Trinity Church in Newton and is presently a trustee of the Boston Conservatory of Music and President of the Staff of the Faulkner Hospital. The practice of medicine interferes with his tennis and consequently he continues to be subdued by Claire. Son Bob is a student at Vermont Academy and daughter Joan will graduate from Vassar in June.

Ben Stacey lives in Melrose, Mass., and is an old grandfather of four grandchildren. Ben is also a Vice-President of the First National Bank of Boston in charge of business research. As a hobby, he administers the teaching of evening courses in economics and finance at Northeastern University. And as pure delight, he lectures on Business Planning and Research at the same University. He has been doing this for 19 years. Ben travels hither and thither giving speeches on the business outlook and the money market to such august sounding bodies as the Home Loan Bank, the Eastern Petroleum Credit Managers, the Edison Electric Institute and the Maine Bankers Association. To change the pace, Ben and Evelyn are flying to Europe the end of April. They will travel for three weeks in England, France and Switzerland.

A news clipping informs us that Mildred Ann Nighswander, daughter of Atty. and Mrs. Arthur H. Nighswander, of Gilford, N. H., became the bride of Brian Foix Larson, of Boston, on February 22. The paper confirms that her cousin, Mary Richardson, of Sharon, Mass., was a bridesmaid.

The Dartmouth announces that RobertTunnell, the son of a Twenty-niner of the same name, is one of seven seniors who have been awarded Reynolds Scholarships. These scholarships are awarded annually to outstanding Dartmouth graduates for study abroad. The awards are based on the intellectual ability and character of the recipients. We quote from The Dartmouth as follows: "In his many activities, Robert Tunnell has made vast contributions to the College. Tunnell was vice-president of The Dartmouth and a member of the Dartmouth Forensic Union and the Dartmouth Christian Union. He has received many awards including the Edward M. Chase Peace Prize, The Dartmouth Public Service Award, and a Citizenship's Clearing House Fellowship. Tunnell is a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity." A chip off the old block, we would say.

A picture in the Valley News shows Coach Karl Michael smiling happily as he presents All-America awards to two members of his Dartmouth swimming team. We publish this as a tribute to a mighty fine coach.

Bob Friend, who is at least partially responsible for those famous brick-oven baked beans, has contributed two sons and a daughter to Dartmouth. Son Peter graduated from Dartmouth in 1958 and has since been teaching at Governor Dummer Academy. He has been accepted for graduate study at the University of North Carolina in preparation for a career as a college teacher. He married a Virginian, Fenton Brooke Goodwin, of Roanoke, who hopes to return to New England. Son Rick is a member of the Class of at Dartmouth. Daughter Sabra is a secretary in the Science Department under Professor Reiser. Her husband, Jack Swenson, is a member of the Class of '61 at Tuck School. John Dickey remarked recently: "The Friend family has become a pretty good Dartmouth customer. It sounds like a reciprocal trade agreement involving the liberating arts and beans.

Dr. Irv Levitas was seen dancing on March 25, 1961. It was the occasion of the Second Annual Spring Dance of the Dartmouth Club of Bergen County in Ridgewood, N. J. His efforts were in the good cause of scholarship funds.

The Education Committee of the New Hampshire House of Representatives held a hearing February 23 on the bill to increase the number of Dartmouth College trustees from twelve to sixteen. Dud Orr and Bob Monahan appeared and testified. The House passed the bill on March 1.

We were attracted recently by the headline, "Village banker is elected Clearing House Officer." We found that it referred to Gus Wiedenmayer, of South Orange, N. J., who is executive vice-president of the National Newark and Essex Banking Company. He was elected vice-president of the Newark Clearing House Association at its recent annual meeting. This Association is an organization of commercial banks including 81 banking offices with resources of more than a billion and one-half dollars. Gus is a man of many interests, serving as trustee of the East Orange General Hospital and of the Fairmount Cemetery Association, treasurer of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, and chairman of finance for the Bonnie Brae Farm for boys, as well as director of various business organizations. He also serves as president of the Orange Lawn Tennis Club. We have no knowledge of the quality of his game. The newspaper account does reveal that Gus and Margaret have kept young with two daughters and a son. The son, Christopher, by the way, is a sophomore at Dartmouth.

Jack Meany has been elected vice-president of sales of Sawhill Tubular Products, Inc. Jack and his wife, Mary,, live in Sharon, Penna. They have a son, John, who is a senior at lowa University.

Stan Bogardus, a veteran selectman of the Town of Canaan in New Hampshire, was re-elected to this office at the March town meeting after a torrid campaign.

It is with sadness that we report the deaths of our classmates, Franklin E. Dudley and Arthur J. Murphy.

1929 is leading the pack in the Green Derby with Cart Strickland in the saddle. Cart is doing a wonderful job and deserves a boost from each and every one of us. The words of Edward Everett Hale are appropriate:

I am only one, But still I am one.

I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the Something that I can do.