1920

There's a bit of "nip" in the air these days and the frost last Friday was a rather convincing argument that the tulips and jonquils must be planted at once if we are to have flowers next spring.

Not. long ago I had a good talk with Jerry Stone who is up to his proverbial ears planning our 45th Reunion in 1964. That seems some distance off but time flies and you'd better start putting a little "lettuce" under the mattress now and then. On one thing Jerry stakes his fair name the price will be right and a terrific program is in preparation. Let the little woman in on this deal as it will be very much a family affair. By the way, Jerry has sold his beautiful house in Scarsdale and is in process of taking an apartment in New York City.

Jim Chilcott and McGoughran joined the ranks of old fire horses turned out to pasture. I can't speak for Chillie, but I am loving every moment of it and am as busy as Dean Travis' dog in hunting season.

Hal Bidwell writes that Jane, the last of his three daughters, was married July 7 to Lieut. Peter M. Thompson, U.S.A. Both Jane and her husband are graduates of Dickinson, Class of 1962. Hal numbers four grandchildren thus far and as he puts it "the promise of more to come." I might add editorially that Jane's picture in the Hartford prints shows a radiantly lovely bride.

While we are in the nuptial department, my Chicago right-hand bower, Laddie Myers, sends some clips to the effect that the Frank D. Mayers announced the engagement of their daughter Susan to Robert E. Wood II. Bob is a grandson of General and Mrs. Robert E. Wood of Lake Forest, Ill. You will recall that the General for many years was Chairman of the Board of Sears-Roebuck. Presently Susan, who was educated in Switzerland, is working with the Institute of International Education in Chicago.

On October 22 Sherman Adams was guest lecturer at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. The lecture, one of a series, was under the direction of the Department of Political Science and was made under a grant of the Falk Foundation, according to the New York Times.

I am indebted to Kenneth W. Weeks, Secretary of the Class of 1926, as well as to Hal Bidwell for a whimsical news item headed "Bob Kennedy's Courtyard, Rooftop Gym Stir Tempest," as follows:

Music drifts in the windows and makes lawyers and secretaries dream of merry-go-round horses and frozen custards instead of law briefs, say some Department of Justice lawyers about the outdoor cafe Attorney General Robert Kennedy set up in the department's courtyard. So now the music only plays from, noon until two.

Asst. Attorney General Salvador A. Andretta (Dartmouth Class of 1920) also doesn't swing with the cafe. He says it introduces a cacophonous note in an otherwise dignified symphony of the law. He didn't want it up in the first place, but Ethel Kennedy, wife of the Attorney General, liked to think of happy people eating their lunches under gay umbrellas while they listened to piped-in music, so he set it up. And when a Washington wit named it Sal's Pizza Palace, Andretta liked it less.

But the honor students from the law schools in their first-year apprenticeship at the department love the courtyard cafe, and the tourists really dig Sal's Pizza Palace. However, there are those who are allergic to the combined hot dog-pizza odor from the cafe that has penetrated the air conditioning system.

There is also a sharp difference of opinion on the gym which Attorney General Kennedy set up last spring on the Department of Justice roof. A lot of people at the Department are not physical fitness types. They don't dig pushups pullups! One of the younger lawyers who went up to take a shower never came back. The department does not furnish towels!

Sherry Baketel sent along an article complete with a photo of Paul Richter assuming office as President of the New Hampshire Society of the Sons of the Revolution. Paul succeeded former New Hampshire Governor, Lane Dwinell '28. A deep bow to Paul.

Grosvenor Plowman is just about the Number One Transportation Man in the country today. Late in August Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges announced the appointment of the eminent Dr. Plowman as consultant for Transportation Research and Planning. He will work directly under the Secretary and will also advise on the Emergency Transportation Planning Program assigned to the Department of Commerce by recent Presidential Executive Order. In announcing Dr. Plowman's appointment, Secretary Hodges said, "I am tremendously pleased at having this able man who has had such wide experience in transportation matters bring his wealth of background to us in the Department of Commerce."

Here are some recent changes of address which are much sought after by classmates:

John H. Bedford, 5308 Rollins Avenue, Jacksonville 7, Fla.; Warren M. Chamberlain, 33-B Venetian Way, Belle Isle, Miami Beach 39, Fla.; Paul L. Hutchinson, 1 Emerson Place, Apt. 16-N, Boston 14, Mass.; Albert W. Frey, (home) 217 Lytton Avenue, Pittsburgh 13, Pa.; George R. Loehr, 408 Isle of Palms, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Arthur W. Stockdale, Western Manager, American Builder, 22 West Madison Street, Chicago 3, Ill., (home) 1250 N. Stone Street, Chicago 10, Ill.; Warren O. Turner, 18 Bellevue Avenue, Rumson, N. J.; Henry W. Dearborn, Webhannet Acres, RFD 1, Kennebunk, Maine.

Footballs are flying through the air as well as sputniks, and so the Families Chilcott, Merritt, Baketel and McGoughran will wend their way to Hanover for their Annual Pilgrimage to Dartmouth Night and the homecoming football game — Penn, this year.

If there is any place in Europe where the handsome Charlie Crathern has not put his foot down this summer I'd like to know where. The bare recital of his travels leaves me limp.

Now is the time for all good men, etc., etc. Five bucks is the price and where can you get class dues (and the ALUMNI MAGAZINE thrown in) any cheaper! So, get it up folks and make life that much simpler for hard-working Al Frey.

Fat Jackson '19 (r) played host at Sagamore Beach, Mass., this summer to KenHuntington 'l9 and Harry Colwell '19.

Secretary 600 Fifth Ave. New York 20, N. Y.

Treasurer, Graduate School of Business University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh 13, Pa.