1923

FROM THE DARTMOUTH 43 YEARSAGO

Dec. 6 - Sporting editor of the N.Y. Sun picks L.K. Neidlinger, Center, and C.F. Burke, LHB, of All-Eastern Freshman Eleven. Pudge was on All-State High School eleven of N.J. in 1918. Chick was selected as the fastest of the first year backs. J.T. Taylor, guard and captain, although out of several games because of a bad knee, received honorable mention. Haverhill Dartmouth Club announces a dance Jan. 2 with S. P. Home as chairman of the committee.

Dec. 8 — 1923 Class meeting announced. Dec. 11 - "Ghosts" presented in Little Theatre. P. G. Jackson has leading role. Dec. 13 - It was announced that the Class of '23 would give sweaters to the '23 freshman football players who received their numerals. Class voted to tax each freshman $10.00 to pay for these sweaters, payable by Feb. 1.

It is always interesting to hear from Al Reinthal. He writes that he and Jean went to dressage trials at the Sleepy Hollow Country Club on October 20. We looked up dressage in Webster's and found this definition: "Guidance of a mount through a set of maneuvers without perceptible use of the hands, reins, legs, etc." Sleepy Hollow adjoins Nelson Rockefeller's estate and is the place made famous by Washington Irving in his "Sketch Book." Al and Jean often ride over the trails. It is a beautiful country with much wild life.

Babe Miner reports every year on the Springfield '23 get-together at the Long meadow Country Club, October 4. Below is listed those who attended: Herb Behan, ass't. manager of Travelers' Life and Accident Department in Springfield, has a daughter at Pembroke and a son at Brown. Bill Gates, who is president and treasurer of John Wilson & Co., has recently completed a well thought-out expansion program designed to make this department store more competitive with shopping centers. Gus Ryan is manager of the campus store of U. of Mass.

Howie Alcorn who lives in Suffield, Conn., was invited this year because of his close proximity to the Springfield area. Howard is Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court and was a fine addition to this group. Howard has three daughters, all married to Yale men. George Weston owns and manages "Town Shop" in Longmeadow. Jo Weston ably assists George in this shop which is situated on Route 5, the main line from New York to Hanover and is a mecca for '23 families who are buying Christmas presents. Den Pope was among the missing. It seems Den was in the hospital with a fractured pelvis caused by a golf cart falling on him. He is now out but still on crutches.

Next year Babe is including the Hartford group in his invitation. The Skiddo editor and secretary will also be invited.

Jack Myers has a new home address: 1049 Lakeshore Drive, Collingswood, N.J., and asks 23's driving on the New Jersey Turnpike to stop in and see the Myers' new domicile. Dwight Keef has a new home address: 36 Nevins Street, Rutherford, N.J. Dwight has now been with the New York Telephone Co. 31 years where he handles methods work on personnel and payroll problems.

Helen Buell, Bud Buell's wife, passed away September 3. An editorial in the Indianapolis Star is well worth quoting in this column. "Vivacious, witty, beautiful, talented, public-spirited and compassionate are just a few of the words that describe the brilliant personality of Helen Buell, who graced the cultural and political life of our city for 17 years. Helen Buell's energy and charm, her intelligence and talent, were devoted to a myriad of activities, all of them seeking to raise the standards of our community life and to make Indianapolis one of the greatest and most progressive cities in the Middle West. No one who ever met Helen Buell could fail to be charmed by her beauty and impressed by her energy in working to bring out the finer and higher aspects of civic life here. Her sudden death, at such an early age, while in the full possession of all the characteristics that make a woman lovely, honored and respected by her fellows, is a grave loss to all of us. It was not bv accident that she was named, in 1960, the Woman of the Year; for she brought to everything she did the very best qualities of womanhood."

Bud writes that his sons. Dickenson, Dartmouth .'53, and Kent, Northwestern '57, have been a great source of strength to him.

"Marian Anderson, the singer, and Charles J. Zimmerman will be recipients of this year's human relations awards from Connecticut-Western Massachusetts Region, National Conference of Christians and Jews. The two, announced today by Regional Chairman Alfred M. Wade, will receive the awards at the NCCJ's 35th anniversary banquet January 17 at the Statler Hilton Hotel. The awards are given each year to out standing citizens for their distinguished service in the field of human relations."

Secretary, 170 Washington St. Haverhill, Mass.

Treasurer, 960 Longmeadow St., Longmeadow, Mass.