1933
Another classmate has made peace with his conscience and earned the undying gratitude of your scribe. In fact, credit goes, not only to Paine Knickerbocker, but to "the man who wasn't there," Atwood Levensaler, the inspiration for Knick's writing. It seems that our good correspondent, in his capacity as drama critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, was pleasantly surprised to find the name of one Atwood Levensaler as a prominent member of the cast of "Advise and Consent" on opening night. A further surprise developed with the first drawing of the curtain and Knick found an "impostor" on stage. A post-performance investigation unearthed a rightful user of the name, not our classmate, but a cousin, who indicated that our "Joe" Levensaler was somewhere in New England writing. Our records indicate that Joe is with Tekwood Inc., a division of U. S. Plywood, where we ran into him a few years back.
Pete Grace paid a surprise visit to Knick recently and introduced him to a "Beaux Arts cooler" or an "Ozarks cooler" (iced tea and creme de menthe), "designed primarily for those occasions when you are camping with Boy Scouts, etc." Bud Madden drops around occasionally to tell of his son's accomplishments in Hanover while Knick, like many of us, is not concerned over whether his youngster will make college but over his passing to the next grade. Another of Knick's welcome guests is Fran Hoge who includes Frisco on his itinerary several times a year. Knick hopes to go to Arizona to see JackHuntress and corresponds appropriately, in season, with Keating Coffey about the Alumni Fund. Recently he had a call from Harding Macdona which prompted him to emphasize that his name is in the telephone book and the Chronicle is easy to remember. He'd enjoy hearing from any '33er going to San Francisco. He said nothing of himself but our records indicate that his bride is Nancy Burt and that they have two children, Peggy and Anthony. Advertising, both in N.Y.C. and S.F., occupied his first few years out of Hanover. In 1939, he received his M.A. from the University of California, subsequently going into public relations at Mills College and then into construction. Just prior to his present post as drama editor of the Chronicle, Knick was a reporter with the Oakland Tribune and then his present paper. An assignment to cover the world premiere of "Judgement at Nuremberg" took him to Berlin and Europe.
Sponsored by the American Physical Society and the American Association of Teachers, Dr. Gordon Ferry Hull Jr., senior engineering specialist for Sylvania Engineering Systems Laboratory, speaks regularly to physics students. His latest visit was with the physics classes at nearby Swampscott. Gordon earned his Ph.D. at Yale in 1937 and subsequently served as: professor of physics at Dartmouth; on the technical staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories; consultant to the Office of Naval Research at the American Embassy in London; U.S. Science attache at the American Embassy in Bern, Switzerland and, most recently, as a senior staff member at the M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory.
Another touch of Switzerland brings us a welcome note and check for the Alumni Fund from Manny Sprague, president of the AMF Overseas Corporation in Geneva. He has been there since last July and reports he is "thoroughly enjoying a most challenging experience with a rapidly expanding program of sales and manufacturing in Europe." Manny hopes to get to the States next fall to see the Big Green in action and make up for missing seeing the team last year, which was the first time he had missed seeing at least one game a year since 1924.
Justin Stanley is due for congratulations on his appointment as a trustee of Rockford (Ill.) College. As you know, he is no newcomer to education, having served two years as vice president of Dartmouth and as a professor of law at Chicago Kent College of Law. Just is also a member of the Cornell University Law School Advisory Council and the Columbia Law School Board of Visitors. He serves as trustee of: Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital; Wells College and the Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society.
Congratulations also to Page Worthington, assistant vice president of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., upon his reelection to the Alumni Council for a two-year term as a regional representative chosen by the Dartmouth alumni clubs of the South. Bob Coulson recently spoke to a Masonic group in Highwood, Ill., on the "History of the Legislative Branch of Government." He has served for five years in the Illinois State Legislature after having been mayor of Waukegan for eight years. During the war, Bob was a State Department representative in China and in 1936 received a Doctorate of Law from the University of Chicago.
Our son reports a pleasant chance meeting with Robb Gardiner, Dean of Men at the University of New Hampshire, while visiting friends. We hope that all his meetings with deans are as pleasant. Robb received his M.A. from Syracuse in 1948, having been in teaching and education from graduation with us. Prior to going to U.N.H. in 1953, he had been assistant Dean of Students at Michigan State, his first post subsequent to WW II service in the Army. 1933 seems to be well entrenched in the U.N.H. administration with Robb as Dean and John Reed as acting presirent.
The "unholy three," Fox, Stoneman and yours truly, had a pleasant pow-wow in midMarch helping "Chief" Sid plan his strategy for his annual wampum campaign. If you haven't sent your "beads" to Hanover yet, now is the time. In addition, our minds turned to fun and we kicked around the idea of formalizing a get-together for the clan Harvard weekend next fall. This would not be confined to the greater Boston '33ers but for all who plan to make the game. Further information on this will reach you via the Newsletter since the first fall issue of this magazine won't be out until after the game.
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