1917

At this particular season of the year I can think of no better way of opening these notes than to quote from a letter just received from our hard working Head Agent, Jack Saladine. Here is what Jack said:

There are three points I would like to stress in your June column.

1. The better showing of the class this year is not due to my efforts but to the loyalty and work of a wonderful group of assistant agents. This is not modesty - it's true! I've solicited very few individuals myself but my assistants have secured increases from almost half of the contributors so far. Mose Hutchins, particularly, has been magnificent in the help he has given me. He has traveled hundreds of miles to obtain contributions.

2. The class seems to have awakened from its apathy and come to the realization that their College needs their support as never before. Many have increased their contributions without solicitation. The contributions from widows and families of departed classmates have been more numerous and heart warming.

3. Finally, at this point in the campaign we are badly handicapped by poor participation Well over a hundred classmates have not as yet backed up the efforts of the loyal group who have contributed. It is on the participation of these nongivers so far - be their gifts large or small - that the success of this effort depends. I urge them to accept this invitation to join the 1917 fellowship and put us back in the forefront of classes of our era for Dartmouth - their College.

With some '264 potential contributors in our class we should be able to reach our quota of $19,300, but not unless every man pitches in and does his level best. Jack and his willing assistants can't carry the ball alone. They must have help, and the help must come from you fellows. Give what you can, but give!

Ralph and Ethel Sanborn have just returned from their first visit to Florida, and Ralph reports having had a wonderful trip. They were pleasantly surprised by the many interesting places they saw and, as Ralph put it, the "charming people we encountered." They were not able to see all the local 17'ers but did manage to see Gil Swett,Sumner Emerson, Jack Hill, George Gregory, Norm McCulloch, Bob Scott, Len Shea and Ed Smith. As for places, Long Boat Key at Sarasota caught their fancy so they rented an "efficiency" apartment close to the beach overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, and stayed there for something like ten days, golfing at Sarasota mornings and lolling on the beach afternoons.

The Brookses have just enjoyed the pleasure of a two-day visit from Houghton Carr. While he was here we visited Hanover and he was quite impressed by the many changes that have taken place around the town since he last saw it five years ago. During the latter part of March Houghton flew to California to visit with his daughter and her family, and before returning East, spent a few days in San Francisco.

A card from Len Shea states that he and Sally now are residing at 1215 No. Lakeside Drive, Lake Worth, Fla. Mail for them should be addressed to P.O. Box 186, Lake Worth.

Since giving up their teaching careers Edand Florence Smith have been spending seven months of the year on Key Biscayne, Miami, Fla., and the other five months back in Massachusetts. Three years ago they bought and remodeled a small house on the harbor side of the Key, and it was there that they recently were visited by the Sanborns.

I am going to steal a page from Mose Hutchins' book and give you almost in its entirety an interesting letter from "Rowdy"Clark. Said "Rowdy":

We have just had a letter from our oldest son - a Major in the regular Air Force who has been in Fairbanks, Alaska, for the past three years. He is to be stationed at Dow Field, Bangor, Me., starting about July 4.

He has given us a truly amazing itinerary for a trip cross country by car for. himself and the two children - Bobby nine and Cathy seven. First to Seattle for a week's visit at the World's Fair. His wife's folks live in Seattle. She is going to stay there until his living quarters at Dow Field are ready - about Labor Day. Then he is going down to Disneyland for about three days before starting a 25-day trek across the country taking in all the famous points of interest along the way. I have never known anyone who has seen so much of this country of ours, European countries, Islands of the Pacific, Japan, etc., etc. — as that son of ours. We are going to have the two children for the months of July and August and I can see where we have a busy time ahead of us. After the World's Fair in Seattle and Disneyland, I am afraid the youngsters1 will find it pretty tame visiting Bunker Hill, Lexington, Concord, etc.

Heinie Wright's daughters are putting him to shame! Jodi, a senior at La Salle, is on the Dean's list, and Robin, a freshman at the University of New Hampshire, has received even higher honors.

Gil Swett served as chairman of the Ivy League Club of Sarasota's annual ball committee. Proceeds from the ball, held April 6, go to the club's scholarship fund which is used for area students who wish to attend an Ivy League college.

Late tomorrow and the next day the writer will be at Hanover attending the Class Officers Weekend meetings. It is expected that five of 1917's six officers will be present. Gil Swett, because of distance, is not expected, but I look forward to seeing Bill Eaton, Vic Smith, Jack Saladine and Mose Hutchins.

Have pleasant summers, all of you! Should any of you get near Woodstock be sure to stop by and see the Brookses - just two miles from the center of the village on the road to South Pomfret. And please keep news coming this way so that when it comes time to prepare notes for the October MAGAZINE there will be interesting items to report.

Curt Glover '18 and Gene Towler '17display some clams they dug in the frontyard of Curt's Connecticut home.

Secretray, South Pomfret Rd. Woodstock, Vt.

Class Agent, 337 N. Steele Rd., West Hartford, Conn.